AS I GO MY WAY I WONDER, EACH NIGHT AND DAY I PONDER
ALL THE PAIN AND SADNESS, ALL THE MADNESS IN OUR WORLDS APART
ALL AROUND ME TRIAL AND VIOLENCE - HOW CAN I SIT BY IN SILENCE ?
OH I NEED SO TO EXPRESS A MESSAGE FROM MY HEART!
AND THEN A CHOIR FROM DEEP WITHIN MY CONSCIOUSNESS
BEGINS TO RENDER A SONG MY HEART CAN LITTLE SUPPRESS
AND AS I LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE BLISSFUL MELODY - OH YES!
THE JOYFUL CHORUS IS DIVINE - THE VOICES YOURS AND MINE!
THE MESSAGE - A WISH, A FEELING, A PRAYER
A SIMPLE PLEA FROM YOU AND ME TO PEOPLE EV'RYWHERE:
"LET'S GATHER NOW AND VOW TO FORGE AN ALLIANCE OF GOOD -
WITH ARMS EXTENDED OUR SOULS WILL BLEND IN BROTHERHOOD -
LET'S TRY MY FRIENDS!"
'NEATH WINTER GLOOM UNSPARING LIFE SEEMS TO LOSE ITS BEARING
YET THE WINTER YIELDS BEFORE THE GLORY OF THE VICTORIOUS SPRING
BUOYED BY HER GENTLE POWER RIVERS FLOW AND VALLEYS FLOWER
EASING FEARS AND DRYING TEARS OF EV'RY LIVING THING
IF WE COULD HEAR THE SPIRITS OF OUR WINTER DAYS
WOULD THEY IMPLORE US TO BORROW SPRINGTIME'S MENDING WAYS
WOULD THEY ENTREAT US NEVER TO REPEAT THE SINS OF HISTORY
WHERE LIE OUR BRIDGES TO BURN, AND LESSONS TO LEARN?
THEIR MESSAGE WILL TAKE HARMONIOUS WING
AND SOAR IN GLORIOUS RAPTURE ON OUR VOICES AS WE SING
A LULLABY TO A WORLD THAT SUFFERS, HUNGERS, AND WEEPS
TOGETHER WE'LL CELEBRATE AS WE DEDICATE OUR LEGACY OF LOVE AND PEACE.
EV'RY VOICE AN INSTRUMENT
WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN, YOU'LL SEE!
OUR NOBLE HYMN WILL BE A GLOBAL SYMPHONY!
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OUR MESSAGE IS A FLEDGLING EAGER TO FLY
THE PROMISE OF THE RAINBOW THAT THE RAIN CAN NEVER DENY
LET'S GATHER NOW AND RESOLVE TO LIVE IN PEACE BY-AND-BY
THE HEAVEN-BOUND ROAD'S A LONG ONE BUT JOINED IN SONG WE'LL TOUCH THE SKY!
LET'S TRY MY FRIEND - LET'S TRY MY FRIENDS - FOR LOVE AND PEACE