Prayer for Peace
1967 · Boone 1062 · Union, Kentucky
- Artist
- Jim Dale
- Title
- Prayer for Peace
- Release
- Prayer for Peace / Point of No Return
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Boone # 1062
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Union, Kentucky, USA
- Songwriter
- Jim Dale, Walter Haines, David Briggs
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Prayer for Peace (Dale, Jim) Boone Record Co. # 1062 Union, Kentucky. Country. Plight, narrated from perspective of soldier in Vietnam, who prayed to god for peace, while crying over the dead body of an enemy soldier - his first kill. Contained peace message, anti-war. Religion. "As a jungle darkness closed in around us, and another Day of fighting was almost at an end, I cam upon a Young soldier kneeling over someone I thought must Have been a friend, tears were streaming from his eyes Eyes that only seemed to stare, and as he slowly bowed His head I heard him pray this humble prayer, our father Which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom Come, thy will be done, I can't remember the rest, lord Its been so long since I tried to prayer, but I need your Help tonight to protect a life that was lost today, no he Wasn't a buddy, no just an enemy soldier in this far off land For I've lived through my baptism of fire, and today I just Killed my first man, now I'm no hero, but no coward either... And although they say I've done my job well I can't hide this Sickness inside me, that I found in this kingdom of hell Only you know that way that I've trembled and the spell that Was…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer