Credited on the record as Larry Sanders, The Prophet of Soul.
Where Did the Peace Go
1968 · Sound of Soul SOS-200 · USA
- Artist
- Larry Sanders
- Credited on the record as
- Larry Sanders, The Prophet of Soul
- Title
- Where Did the Peace Go
- Release
- Where Did the Peace Go / Story of My Love
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Sound of Soul # SOS-200
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Dickie / Diamond
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The song "Where Did the Peace Go" by Larry Sanders - the "Prophet of Soul" according to the New York based record label the Sound of Soul (# SOS-200) - takes an anti-war stance, recalling the "10 long years we been fighting" and that "50,000 men have died in vain", leaving their friends and family in "misery and pain". Sanders mournfully asks the congress, the senators, and the president "where did peace go". Composed by D. Diamond.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: All my brothers been shipped to the South / Sleeping in rice fields, orders from the White House / But there is only one thing I want to know / Where did peace go? / For 10 long years we been fighting the war / The poor boys been dying, tell me what for... / Now 50,000 men have died in vain / Leaving their families in misery and pain... / Mr. Congressman, where did peace go? / Mr. Senator where did peace go? / Mr. President, tell me, where did peace go?
Notes
Sound of Soul SOS-200A, 45 RPM, "Distributed by All Platinum of Englewood"; "Where Did the Peace Go" (D. Diamond), 3:18, Nitro Music Gambi BMI; Larry Sanders, "The Prophet of Soul"; "A Nitro Prod."; yellow label. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs