What Peace Looks Like
Music by Peter Link
Lyrics by Peter Link and Julia Wade

"I want to know what peace looks like"
The girl of Uganda said,
"I want to know what peace looks like"
She's spent her life in fractured war
But now she's stepping through a door
That takes her far from harm

"I want to know what peace looks like"
The boy of the Sudan said,
"I wanna feel what it feels like
I want to have enough to eat
I want to feel my mother's heat
As she wraps me in her arms"

"I want to know what peace looks like
I want to know what peace looks like
My wish, my hope, my dream
A night without the nightmares
I want to know the inner calm
The thread of self-esteem
I want to know what peace looks like
And I want to feel it too
Yes I do"

Oh Lord, the lessons of the children of war
The roar of their misfortune;
The hopelessness that lies before
And still they live to love again

Oh Lord, the lessons of the children of war
The roar of their misfortune;
The hopelessness that lies before
And still they live to love again

Because that's what children do
Yeah that's what children do

And if they can do it
We can do it too
Yes if they can do it
We can do it too

"I want to know what peace looks like"
The child of the ghetto said,
"I wanna go where peace is known
I've had enough of hopelessness
A cracked out mom and fatherless
And the gangs that haunt the streets"

And oh Lord, the lessons of the children of war
The roar of their misfortune;
The hopelessness that lies before
And still they live to love again

Oh Lord, the lessons of the children of war
The roar of their misfortune;
The hopelessness that lies before
And still they live to love again

Because that's what children do
Yeah that's what children do

And if they can do it
We can do it too
Yes if they can do it
We can do it too!

South Africa
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link
Zulu translations by Jimmy Mgwandi

We come from Soweto
We come from a great confusion
We come from the ghetto
We look to South Africa
We look to South Africa

We come from Zimbabwe
We come from the streets of Harlem
We come from a new age
We know where the times have gone
So we go where the lines are drawn

We come from Botswana
We come from a deep frustration
We come from Atlanta
We look to South Africa
We look to South Africa

Ah there I see in the great Serengeti
The hope of our ancestors
Standing before me
I see in the ancient still mountains
And shining blue waters
The strength of Mandela
And still in the shanties of Cape Town

The voices of children sing
"Power to the people" amandla awaytu
"Power to the people" amandla awaytu
"Power to the people" awaytu

We come from Uganda
We come from the mask of slavery
We come from South Central
We look to South Africa
We look to South Africa

And now we look to the slums of Pretoria
To show us the way
As the straw shows the way of the wind

For there in the mood of South Africa
Lies a measure of truth
The writing is there on the wall
Where it always has been

We come from the bread lines
We come from the blackboard jungles
We rise from the confines
Impelled by the hand of God
We look to South Africa

Ah there I see upon Kilimanjaro
The souls of our forefathers
Standing before us
The mem'ries of Medgar
And Malcolm and Martin
Run deep in our blood
The fires of apartheid
Still burn through the tears screaming
"Power to the people" amandla awaytu
"Power to the people" amandla awaytu
"Power to the people" awaytu

We come from Soweto
We come from the Zulu nation
We come from the ghetto
We look to South Africa

Oomzahntsi Africa
We look to South Africa
Oomzahntsi Africa
We look to South Africa
Oomzahntsi Africa
We look to South Africa
Oomzahntsi Africa

Amandla awaytu
Amandla awaytu
Hiee hiee hiee
Ah su gah mahn!
Geen goo bah nee me
Nah gahn gah
Pahn dleh gko baba
Gee ah bongah weh baba
Gee nee geze
Oom zahn tsi Afreeca

We come from the bread lines
We come from the blackboard jungles
We rise from the confines
Impelled by the hand of God

We come from Soweto
We come from the Zulu nation
We come from the ghetto
We look to South Africa!

FROM A DISTANCE
Music & Lyrics by Julie Gold

FROM A DISTANCE
THE WORLD LOOKS BLUE AND GREEN
AND THE SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS WHITE

FROM A DISTANCE
THE OCEAN MEETS THE STREAM
AND THE EAGLE TAKES TO FLIGHT

FROM A DISTANCE
THERE IS HARMONY
AND IT ECHOS THROUGH THE LAND

IT’S THE VOICE OF HOPE
IT’S THE VOICE OF PEACE
IT’S THE VOICE OF EVERY MAN

FROM A DISTANCE
WE ALL HAVE ENOUGH
AND NO ONE IS IN NEED

THERE ARE NO GUNS
NO BOMBS NO DISEASES
NO HUNGRY MOUTHS TO FEED

FROM A DISTANCE
WE ARE INSTRUMENTS
MARCHING IN A COMMON BAND

PLAYING SONGS OF HOPE
PLAYING SONGS OF PEACE
THEY’RE THE SONGS OF EVERY MAN

GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
FROM A DISTANCE

GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
FROM A DISTANCE

FROM A DISTANCE
YOU LOOK LIKE MY FRIEND
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AT WAR

FROM A DISTANCE
I CAN’T COMPREHEND
WHAT ALL THIS WAR IS FOR

FROM A DISTANCE
THERE IS HARMONY
AND IT ECHOS THROUGH THE LAND

IT’S THE HOPE OF HOPES
IT’S THE LOVE OF LOVES
IT’S THE HEART OF EVERY MAN

GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
FROM A DISTANCE

GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
FROM A DISTANCE

GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
FROM A DISTANCE

GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
GOD IS WATCHING US
FROM A DISTANCE

FROM A DISTANCE

FROM A DISTANCE

FROM A DISTANCE

FROM A DISTANCE

HE’S WATCHING US

FROM A DISTANCE

How Are We Raising Our Sons
Music and Lyrics by Peter Link

Walking home
From streetlight to streetlight
Heartbeat to heartbeat
Watching the shadows
Holding God's hand
And knowing I walk not alone

Yet anxious
These butterflies here in the pit of my stomach
Are turning my heart to stone

And the fear that comes over me
On the window, tapping
Chilling me down to the bone
Should never have breathed
Its cold breath on my shoulder
Following...
Following me home

Breathless I wonder
Why is this happening?
What have I done to deserve...?
No! The fault is not mine
They are the ones
Mothers and fathers
People of earth
How are we raising our sons?
How are we raising our sons?

[Interlude]

Passing by
The boys on their lunch break
Whistling and taunting
Courage in numbers
Having "their fun"
With me as I stare straight ahead

Such cowardice
Though I wonder which one of them
Might have presumption
To actu'lly follow me home

And the thought that burns into me
Is that how can any man
Take just whatever he wants?
And why be so spoiled
And so disrespectful
Casting stones
And following me home?

Sadly I ask you
Why must we bend to you?
What have we done to deserve...?
No! The fault is not ours
You are the ones
Mothers, and fathers
Look to yourselves
How are we raising our sons?
How are we raising our sons?

Look to yourselves
Look to your children
Look to the things that are taught
This attack on my innocence
Is the essence of avarice
So look to the things in your thought

Look to yourselves
Look to your children
Look to the things that are taught
This attack on my innocence
Is the essence of avarice
So look to the things in your thought

Look to yourselves
Look to your children
Look to the things that are taught
This attack on my innocence
Is the essence of avarice
So look to the things in your thought

Before all that we live for comes undone
Look upon these
And ask yourselves, please
"How am I raising my son?"

The Times They Are A-Changin'
Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan

Come gather 'round people
Whereever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'

Change change
Change change
Change change
Change change

Come writers and critics
Who prophesy with your pens
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'

Come senators congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'

Change
Oh oh oh
Change
Oh oh oh
Change
It's a change of life

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you don't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are
The times they are
The times they are a-changin'
Yes the times they are a-changin'
Change
Oh oh oh
Change
Yes the times they are a-changin'

Turn Around Time

Music and Lyrics by Peter Link

Oh
Oh time to turn it around
It’s a turnaround time
Oh time to turn it around
It’s a turnaround time

Feel it comin’
Yes it’s comin’
Feel it comin’
Yes it’s comin’ now

Now that the time is turning
Oh now that the passion’s burning
Oh now’s when the new beginning begins again

Feel it comin’ comin’ on

Now that we’re all through clappin’
It’s time to make things happen
Now is the time when we can win again

Back to the mountain top
Gonna get back
Back to that special feeling
Back to the place where we call home
Look out world we’re comin’ back

Time to turn it around
It’s a turnaround time
Oh time to turn it around
It’s a turnaround time

Gonna turn it around
Gonna step right up
An’ we’re comin’ on strong
Gonna cut it clear cut
On the cutting edge
Yeah the feeling is great
When we get back home
Gonna celebrate

Yes it all comes down
To a single stroke
Gonna rock it on out
Cause we’re goin’ for broke
Give it all you got
Gonna climb up higher
Yeah we’re gonna get hot
Cause the sky’s on fire

It’s a time to turn it around
Time again to turn it around
Turn around it’s time we turn
It’s a turnaround time

It’s a time to turn it around
Time again to turn it around
Turn around it’s time we turn
It’s a turnaround turnaround time

Oh baby it’s a turnaround time
It’s a turnaround time
Now’s your turn
Let your passions burn
It’s a turnaround turnaround time

Imagine

Music and Lyrics by John Lennon
Rap by Peter Link

[Jenny]
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
[Everyone]
Imagine all the people
Living for today

[Jenny]
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
[Backups]
Just imagine that
[Jenny]
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
[Backups]
One

[Jenny]
(whispered) Imagine

[Rap]
[Jenny]
Imagine this
Imagine that
Everybody wearin' the same hat
[Darryl]
Imagine nations living all as one
[Jenny]
Everybody workin' in unison
[Darryl]
One people
One goal
One mind
One soul
Everybody eatin' from the same bowl
Everybody diggin' the same hole

[Jenny]
No masters
No slaves
No chiefs and no braves
Everybody learnin' just how to behave
[Darryl]
Every little thing under God's control
Nobody runnin' roughshod
[Everybody]
One God

[Jenny]
(whispered) Imagine

Imagine no possessions
[Darryl]
Imagine no possessions
[Jenny]
I wonder if you can
[Darryl]
I wonder if you can
[Jenny]
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

[Darryl]
Livin' in sympathy
In unity
[Everyone]
One big happy family
[Darryl]
Annuity
Solidarity
Communion
[Everyone]
One
[Jenny]
You may say that I'm a dreamer
[Darryl]
That's right
[Jenny]
But I'm not the only one

[Darryl]
Imagination-wise
Good vibes
No tribes
Same sides
Besides everybody be pacified
Satisfied
[Jenny]
Dignified
[Darryl]
Refried and allied
[Everyone]
Transmogrified
[Darryl]
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can

[Everyone]
Unified
Magnified
[Jenny]
Demystified inside
Purified
Sanctified
And simplified
[Darryl]
Every little thing under God's control
[Jenny]
Nobody runnin' roughshod
[Everyone]
One God
Imagine

[Jenny]
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one (Imagine everybody)
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Just imagine
Hey

[Everyone]
Just imagine
[Jenny]
One
[Everyone]
One
[Jenny]
One God
[Everyone]
One God
[Jenny]
One People
[Everyone]
One People
[Jenny]
One World
[Everyone]
One World
One

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