and then I said ...

Friday Night: Not a link, but a lyric ... I performed this at my church, as part of the monthly "coffeehouse" (except this one was in the Sanctuary, with full amps and mikes, a drummer and a crowd of about 50-70). It was written just after the Berlin Wall fell; it still gets responses today. I did it as a rap-tune this time, and I may be teaching it to the Sunday School kids to perform soon (If you can imagine a white guy in his mid-50s, with cap askew and a loud oversized t-shirt ... well, you have my sympathies):

(Whacha Gon' Do) WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
Steve Trinward / Michael Santoro
©1990, 2004 trinSONGS / SantoroTUNES

SOLO: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT …
When there’s nothing left to fight about
We can make the world a field of dreams …
If we just stop feeding that war machine
Whacha gon' do when peace breaks out …
Whacha gon' do when peace breaks out

SOLO: Senate and Congress will you heed the call
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: Can’t you hear the sound of the crumbling walls
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: Don’t drag your feet come join us now
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: Churn the guns to butter beat swords to plows (AND)
SOLO: Whacha gon' do CHORUS: When peace breaks out
SOLO: Whacha gon' do CHORUS: When peace breaks out

SOLO: And hey there generals you Peter Pan boys
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: Time to put away those childhood toys
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: No tin soldiers or bombs or guns
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: The war is over … everybody won (YEAH)

SOLO: Whacha gon' do CHORUS: When peace breaks out
SOLO: Whacha gon' do CHORUS: When peace breaks out
SOLO: Whacha gon' do CHORUS: When peace breaks out
ALL: When peace breaks out … When peace breaks out!

CHORUS (in background): [ OOOHS … ]
SOLO: Old soldiers and politicians just fade away
[Drums only - two bars]
CHORUS (in background): [ OOOHS … ]
But they keep that enemy deep inside us … Here to stay … He he hey!

SOLO: You see it every day in every land
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: People throwing down arms and taking up hands
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: Opening borders and rising above
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: Unconditional surrender to peace and love (AND)
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT

SOLO: (And) hey this message is for you and me
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: Time to open our hearts set our souls free
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: We’ve got a chance like never before
CHORUS: Whacha Gon' Do WHEN PEACE BREAKS OUT
SOLO: To start making love and stop making war (SO)

SOLO: Whacha gon' do CHORUS: When peace breaks out
SOLO: Whacha gon' do CHORUS: When peace breaks out
SOLO: Whacha gon' do CHORUS: When peace breaks out
ALL: When peace breaks out … When peace breaks out!

SOLO: (I say) Whacha gonna do CHORUS: When peace breaks out
SOLO: Whacha gon' do CHORUS: When peace breaks out
SOLO: Whacha gon' do CHORUS: When peace breaks out
ALL: When peace breaks out …

SOLO: PEACE OUT!

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more to come ...