Give Peace a Chance

If in our hour of darkness
the light shines in front of me
and lets me see
lets me see
that without god or country
neither heaven nor hell
with nothing to live or die for
your neighbors ring the bell
and you pick up the rice
in a church where a wedding has been
and you think isn't it nice
to see all the things you have seen
and you look at the floor
and you see it needs sweeping
ignoring the blood and the gore
you look at your friend
and you pray he is sleeping
and not another victim of war
and you pour a glass of champagne
and you have yourself a smoke
your guitar feels your pain
as you choke and you choke
not on the drink you were drinking
or the smoke you were smoking
but on the dream you were falling into
and as you fall into this trance
you think, dear John
Give Peace a Chance