Peace Song
1972 · Warner Bros. WB 7581 · Burbank, California
- Artist
- Jesse Colin Young
- Title
- Peace Song
- Release
- Peace Song / Good Times
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Warner Bros. # WB 7581
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Burbank, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Jesse Colin Young
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
"Peace Song" (Warner Bros. Records # WB 7581) Jesse Colin Young, New York born singer/songwriter. General anti-war, does not mention any specific conflict.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Sometimes I can't help crying, people when I hear about the dying / Young men, woman, and children, for the violence they've chosen / We've got to stop, we got to stop, my god yes / Sisters and brothers do you hear me, we got to stop killing one another / Sometimes I can't help thinking, when I've been sitting drinking / When the powers of the world are struggling, the children of the world are starving / Well the prayers of peace are rising, the song of war dying / People we've got to stop, we got to stop, my god yes... / Sometimes I can't help wondering, what in the world is happening / While the white man's power is ruling, black man's power is threatening / Well the great man's power is sleeping, yellow man's power is growing
Notes
Raccoon/Warner Bros. Records WB 7581 (PCA0114), Raccoon S 6, white "Promotion - Not for Sale" label with a raccoon drawing; "Peace Song" (Jesse Colin Young), 4:29, intro :22, Pigfoot Music, ASCAP, ℗ 1972 Warner Bros. Records Inc.; from the Warner Bros. album BS 2588 Together. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American singer-songwriter (The Youngbloods), born 22 November 1941 in New York City; died 16 March 2025 in Aiken, South Carolina. [Source: Wikipedia]