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PEACE AND HOPE SURVIVE

I have never seen myself as a patriotic man
Oh, I believe in freedom and I love this land
But a friend of mine called me recently and he said to me
He had been activated and was headed overseas

At first I felt anger that he should have to go
Next I felt the fear for him facing the unknown
But slowly I felt a new emotion comin? over me
I was proud to know a man who was willing to fight for liberty.

CHORUS: I don?t claim to understand what the fighting?s for
Maybe there are some things worth dyin? for
But if you look hard enough into the fading light
You?ll see peace and hope survive.

Now this man has a wife and a baby on the way
He don?t know when he?s leavin? or how long he?ll stay
I watch the politicians speak all their words of hate
But it ain?t the politicians that make this country great

I wish I had the words and wisdom to make the hatred end
I wish I had the power to set it right again
But dark clouds are gatherin? out across the sea
As brave young men with great big hearts fight to keep us free.

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