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. 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"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
"Peace Song" (Warner Bros. Records # WB 7581) Jesse Colin Young, New York born singer/songwriter. General anti-war, does not mention any specific conflict. 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"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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]