Early in the Morning

Just as the sun was rising

Came without a warning

The sound of the uprising

Gunfire in the streets

Women and children crying

The crush of marching feet

Men and young boys dying

Why can't we live in peace

We live in troubled times

The shadow of annihilation

Troubles every mind

And chills the heart of every nation

Darkness fills the night

She tries to steal your soul away

Killing in the sunlight

She spreads her shadows through the day

Why can't we live in Peace

Why can't we have no release

You and I we don't know

Why so many people cry

You and I we don't understand

All the black ways of man

Why can't we live in peace

Why can't we have no release