From the recording Peace Is Hard To Find
Lyrics
Peace Is Hard To Find - words and music by David Philip Ireland
down back alleys
of tenement shadows
the smear of chalk
leaves barbed word stains
blood curdles in this stifling heat
running down the drains
peace is hard to find, my friends
peace is hard to find
sticks and stones
and breaking bones
oh, peace is hard to find
and there are thoughts
we dare not speak
in schism’s virtual now
’til something close to truth seeps through
my truth, your truth,
i don’t know how
peace is hard to find, my friends
peace is hard to find
sticks and stones
and breaking bones
peace is hard to find
we helter skelter
as we run for shelter
flying from the overkill of drones
of roaming home
of killer stone
of fractured bone
of bullet head
and fragile death
that one last breath
alone
peace is hard to find, my friends
peace is hard to find
sticks and stones
and breaking bones
peace is hard to find