Carrie Newcomer - Do No Harm lyrics

John Roth had a heart like flame He believed all souls were loved the same He packed up his hopes And his family and moved to Ohio There in the deep, dark wilderness With a newborn son he soon was blessed Raised him up in the ways of the old prophets Named him Isaiah Roth Do no harm, shed no blood The only law here is love We can call the kingdom down Here on earth Beat your swords into plows Don't be afraid, I'll show you how Lift your eyes to the skies All is holy here The forest people soon came near His message to the red children clear We can build the peaceable kingdom here In shadow of these trees They planted oats and beans and maize They planted their hearts in the dirt of that place And they learned to speak of hope and grace In the language of John Roth Do no harm, shed no blood The only law here is love We can call the kingdom down Here on earth Beat your swords into plows Don't be afraid, I'll show how Lift your eyes to the skies All is holy here When Isaiah Roth had just turned ten He was workin' up in the loft again He looked out and he saw eight white men Come ridin' up that day The men called out from the deepening glade Saying, "Ya'll come on out and we can trade" The forest people walked out unafraid With smiles and open hands The white traders lifted up their guns And shot them down, each and every one And the Eden that John Roth begun Lay bleeding on the ground Do no harm, shed no blood The only law here is love We can call the kingdom Down here on earth Beat your swords into plows Don't be afraid, I'll show how Lift your eyes to the skies All is holy here Now the world has aged by 50 years The Quakers came and settled near Old Isaiah Roth still preaches here That the greatest law is love Now some people say it's all a scam Just the ravings of some old man But Isaiah Roth says he still can See Eden on the hill Do no harm, shed no blood The only law here is love