Peace In Our Time Lyrics - Big Country

Who holds the money, who holds the need 

Who holds the strings of misery or the purse of greed 

And the gunmen reap while the gangsters sow 

And law is cheap when the smugglers go 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

While I have a life to live 

Then I have no life to give 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

In sun-kissed rooms in city slums 

Minds are restless till the airmail comes 

From the forest floor to the western mind 

Like a chat show topic on a party line 

And the hardest love of all is to forgive 

As the world comes tumbling down 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

While I have a life to live 

Then I have no life to give 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

Let all the rain come down on blind desire 

Like a thundercloud that holds a prairie fire 

I hear the blame and I see the cause 

A stronger voice and a stronger law 

But buyers buy and sellers sell 

Public consumption of a private hell 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

While I have a life to live 

Then I have no life to give 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time 

While I have a life to live 

Then I have no life to give 

(Give us peace) Give us peace in our time