Oui 3 - For What It's Worth lyrics

Let us not allow another dream to turn sour Dismissed by cynics as the son of flower power We don't know how and we don't know why But we can still retain love in our mind's eye And I know bitterness is never a solution Cos deep in my soul I had a silent revolution As a means to an end I may choose wealth But love is truly an end in itself And I see George hand in hand with the dragon Loading contraband upon the same band wagon Pinball machines have a sign say tilt But in life it's difficult establishing guilt So it won't be me to cast the first stone Cos I've got far too many hang ups of my own And further more if the truth be known I want mercy when my cover gets blown There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I've got to beware I think it's time we stop! Children what's that sound Everbody look what's going down And it sure is quiet on the western front A high, high, high priced media stunt The tabloid headlines, they keep me feeling happy Cos they're feeding me a slogan That's punchy and snappy And when I look inside I never get tense Cos it tells me what I want to hear Bout the world events The "just war" is the latest trend But let this good thing come to an end And tell me a little more about your new world order Does this mean your gonna open up your border? Open up your heart, open up your mind Eradicate the poverty you left behind? Open up your job to the last Mohican Open up the hospital you closed last week? And then, if so, you can open up your Stock exchange in Moscow Now there are 5 billion people plus upon this planet The place cannot be totally without love can it? The very first time in my life I stood still for a second I found more pain than I previously reckoned And it hurt and it hurt and it hurt like pain does And I discovered that's OK because There was a very good reason for the pain to be there Pain is a way of reminding us we care! The first time my soul came into focus And my soul said "let the pain provoke us" And I felt safe, and I felt warm inside And I felt the waves of pain subside And I saw then what I'd always been seeking The light of love shining out like a beacon And I stopped listened, looked around And now I'm dancing to a whole new sound I think it's time we stop! Hold your fire, put down your weapon You'll never get to heaven with an AK47