Peace on Earth (For America, John Masecar) Songtext
von U2

Heaven on earth
We need it now
I′m sick of all of this
Hanging around

Sick of sorrow
Sick of the pain
And sick of hearing again and again

That there's gonna be
Peace on earth
Where I grew up
There weren′t many trees

Where there was we'd tear them down
And use them on our enemies
They say that what you mock
Will surely overtake you
And you become a monster
So the monster will not break you


And it's already gone too far
Who said that if you go in hard
You won′t get hurt?

Jesus can you take the time
To throw a drowning man a line?
Peace on earth

Tell the ones who hear no sound
Whose sons are living in the ground
Peace on earth

No who′s or why's
No one cries like a mother cries
For peace on earth

She never got to say goodbye
To see the colour in his eyes
Now he′s in the dirt
Peace on earth

They're reading names out over the radio
All the folks the rest of us won′t get to know
Seán And Julia Gareth, Ann and Breda
Their lives are bigger than any big idea


Jesus can you take the time
To throw a drowning man a line?
Peace on earth

To tell the ones who hear no sound
Whose sons are living in the ground
Peace on earth

Jesus in this song you wrote
The words are sticking in my throat
Peace on earth

Hear it every Christmas time
But hope and history won't rhyme
So what′s it worth?
This peace on earth

Peace on earth
Peace on earth
Peace on earth