We make our prayer
In the name of that God
Whose name is Peace
And Decency, and Unity
And Love
Amen
The sun broke thru the clouds
On the 17th of May
They gathered in the parking lot
Bowed their heads to pray
Father in the heavens
Won’t You show us the way...
That we might study war no more
George and Father Phil
Recruited the nine
In the town of Catonsville
Addressed the country’s crimes
Lay down your swords
So said the Lord
Now is the time
That we might study war no more
War No More…
War No More…
Lay down your swords
So said the Lord
And study war no more
They entered the building
Seized the records marked A-1
Ignited them with napalm
To end what had begun
As the files burned
They said, “Thy will be done”
That we might study war no more
War No More…
War No More…
Lay down your swords
So said the Lord
And study war no more
In the name of that God
Whose name is Peace
And Decency, and Unity
And Love
Amen
The sun broke thru the clouds
On the 17th of May
They gathered in the parking lot
Bowed their heads to pray
Father in the heavens
Won’t You show us the way...
That we might study war no more
George and Father Phil
Recruited the nine
In the town of Catonsville
Addressed the country’s crimes
Lay down your swords
So said the Lord
Now is the time
That we might study war no more
War No More…
War No More…
Lay down your swords
So said the Lord
And study war no more
They entered the building
Seized the records marked A-1
Ignited them with napalm
To end what had begun
As the files burned
They said, “Thy will be done”
That we might study war no more
War No More…
War No More…
Lay down your swords
So said the Lord
And study war no more
envoyé par Bernart Bartleby - 31/3/2020 - 21:21
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Scritta da Joe De Filippo, musicista di Baltimora, leader della R.J. Phillips Band
Testo trovato qui
Daniel e Philip Berrigan erano due fratelli del Minnesota. Di profonda fede cattolica, il primo divenne gesuita, il secondo prete.
Il 17 maggio 1968, i due fratelli Berrigan, insieme ad altri sette religiosi ed attivisti cattolici, entrarono negli uffici della leva militare a Catonsville, Maryland, prelevarono centinaia di lettere di coscrizione destinate a giovani americani obbligati ad andare a combattere in Vietnam e le bruciarono nel parcheggio antistante all'edificio, usando un liquido infiammabile simile al napalm con cui la US Air Force bombardava tutti i giorni i villaggi nordvietnamiti.
L'attivismo radicale contro le guerre e contro le armi nucleari accompagnò i fratelli Berrigan per tutta la vita, gran parte della quale trascorsa in aule di tribunale e in prigioni con la sola imputazione di disobbedienza civile.
Il brano si apre con un'invocazione scritta all'epoca dei fatti da Daniel Berrigan.