Everybody's got their cross to bear

You got yours and I got mine

Our hearts are beating to a different drum

The time has come to get in line

I say KNOCK KNOCK,

is there anybody out there

Anybody who knows it all

Or are you just another pessimistic hero

Waiting for the sky to fall

I ain't here to draw no pretty little picture

Open up your eyes

I need some peace, a little peace

We got to get out alive

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Peace in our time, peace in our mind

Everybody's got their cross to bear

Tell me, where do we go from here

I need some peace in my mind

We need some peace in our time

Wake up, take a look around

Tell me what you think you see

There's a whole lot of people in the lost and found

Looking for their liberty

There's a prime time war on my TV screen

There's a d**e deal down on my city streets

And the only one who's losing out

Is you and me

I ain't here to paint no pretty little picture

We're running out of time

I need some peace

A little peace

If we're gonna survive

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Now I ain't here to be no politician

Open up your mind

You better open up your eyes

Chorus