지금도 평화운동가로 왕성한 활동을 벌이고 있는 컨트리 조 맥도날드는 자신의 레이블 Ragg Baby를 통해 수많은 문제작을 발표한바 있다 1984년 발매된 그의 중반기 대표작의 하나인 Peace On Earth는 그중에서도 가장 록적으로 기울어진 앨범의 하나로 그레이트풀 데드의 Mickey Hart의 다양한 타악기가 생동감을 불어넣어주고 있다. 마리아 멀더와의 듀엣이 인상적인 러브송 ‘Pledging My Love’와 그의 평화를 위한 호소가 해먼드 오르간위로 펼쳐지는 ‘Live on Earth’가 담겨있다. .... ....
Today may seem hopeless filled with war and fear But we can change the darkness if we but persevere And if we seize this moment and cling to our belief Then I know that we can live in peace This world is such a wonder filled with so much life The land the air the ocean could be paradise And if we open up our hearts the truth is plain to see That we can all live together in peace Care for all the animals they need our help Care for all the children stop thinking of ourselves And if we work together to try for harmony Someday we will live in peace.
I can see clouds drifting over the bay Looks like its gonna be another one of those days I can see fog rollin' over the hills I've got to find a cure for some of my ills I can feel spring changing into fall Leaving me here with nothin' at all I can hear voices from my past (my past, my past, my past) Calling me, pulling me back Chorus: Sunshine, I'm lookin' for some sunshine to come in my life One more time again Sunshine, I'm lookin' for some sunlight to brighten up my days One more time Sunshine, I'm lookin' for some sunshine to come in my life One more time again Sunshine, I'm lookin' for some sunlight to brighten up my days One more time The seasons change and change But my blues are always the same The world spins 'round and around No sooner I'm up and then I'm down Friends they come and they go Maybe they last, I don't know First here and then they're gone I feel like I just can't go on Chorus
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain I don't care 'cause I got you here Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain I don't care 'cause I got you here Even if the sun won't shine I don't worry I know you're mine And I got you here Honey, I got you here Let it rain (etc.) Even if it starts to snow I don't worry because I know That I've got you here Bridge: The seasons change and change But my love for you stays the same The seasons change and change But my love stays the same (lst rap) "Boy, look at that weather out there. Isn't that somethin'? Sure is nice in here, isn't it? Yeah, let it pour, I don't care, it feels so nice just being here with you." (2nd rap) "Sure looks cold outside--It's nice and warm in here. Yeah, let's just forget about that cold weather, we've got each other, ummm yeah."
When I got back to my homeland I didn't have a thing where my parts used to hang So they gave me a medal and a fine harangue And now I'm a bloody hero Chorus: Mourn for the dead world-family If you want to be a hero follow me Mourn for the dead world-family If you want to be a hero follow me Now the boys and girls all envy me I fought for the military industry Now I can't walk and l can't see Now I'm a bloody hero The cluster bombs and the napalm blasts Automatic weapons and chemical gas Technology built to last Now I'm a bloody hero All over the world there are spots Where the war dead corpses lie and rot And every corpse is a patriot And every corpse is a hero
Life is a journey filled with mystery Twisting and turning you don't know what tomorrow will Bring After each valley there is a mountain to climb Put one foot in front of the other and pretty soon you'll Find Chorus: You're feeling a little bit better You're feeling a little bit better today You're feeling a little bit better Than you were feeling yesterday Yesterday was misery filled with tears and pain And when I lay down to sleep I didn't care if I ever got Back up again But while I lay sleeping a voice came in my dream Said hang on hang on, you don't know what tomorrow May bring Chorus: Feeling a little bit better Feeling a little better Feeling a little hit better Than I was feeling yesterday Yesterday I was feeling so bad - Yesterday I was feeling so sad Yesterday I was feeling so bad But I'm feeling better today
She grew up in America, just the girl next door Never thought to question what we were fighting for They sent her off to war and showed her death and pain And the girl next door will never be the same Chorus: Guarding her patients with a 45 Checking the wounded to make sure they're alive By day she's in fatigues and at night she's in a dress She's everybody's savior, the Army combat nurse She told her girlfriends "I'll see you some old day I've joined the Army and they're sending me away" They taught her how to mend a wound and how to tend The sick But nothing could prepare her for all this Bridge: Women at home waiting all alone Women in life trying to do what's right Women in war in the blood and gore Women in death, they die just like the rest A jungle ain't a place for a girl to be alone Surrounded by the enemy with all the soldiers gone Under attack you know she's got to do her best Because she's everybody's savior, the Army combat nurse Back home in civilian life, Army life all done Childhood friends can't understand why she's not any fun But a vision of the wounded still screams inside her brain And the girl next door will never be the same She's everybody's savior but her own, the Army combat Nurse, but who will save her now? (Chaplain's rap) "Before I say grace today I'd like for us to pause for a moment of silence in memory of our friends that were lost this morning , . . let us pray for the food which we are about to receive from your goodness our father we give. . . ."
Forever, my darling, my love will be true Always and forever I'll love just you Just promise me darling, your love in return Make this fire in my soul, dear, forever burn Chorus: My heart's at your command, dear To keep love and to hold Making you happy is my desire, dear Keeping you is my goal I'll forever love you The rest of my days I'll never part from you And your loving ways
Chorus: In the garden of Eden We can start all over again We'll build a heaven on earth, my friends In the Garden of Eden, in the Garden of Eden God made the sea and God made the land God made woman and God made man All of the life in the galaxy Is born of the same tree; is born of the same tree What a miracle to behold Life abounds a thousandfold Opens your eyes and dare to see What is and what can be, what is and what can be Bridge: Who can explain the gift of light The magic moment that creates life What a wonder to conceive Fruit of the tree Death someday will touch us all Nothing escapes big or small But till then let's dare to be All that we can be, all that we can be Chorus
Tell the leaders of every land Over and over so that they understand Military madness has gone too far In our world today there is no room for war Chorus: And we want Peace on earth, peace on earth Peace on earth in our time Tell the people of all lands Let's get together, the future is in our hands United nations have to agree To say no to war, and say yes to peace