THE SUN ALSO RISES
[ traditional folk ]


                    The sun also rises
                    Yeah, the sun returns again
                    There may be hate, there may be war
                    But there will be peace in the end
                    There’s no need for confusion
                    There is one God up above
                    We don’t need more religion
                    We need more peace and love

                    So, do unto others
                    As you would have them do to you
                    The sum of what matters
                    In our heart we know it’s true
                    No one is an island
                    We can hurt or we can help
                    The solution now is love not hate
                    And it begins with our own self

                    Ask not for whom the bell tolls
                    It tolls for you and tolls for me
                    The answer loud is coming down
                    From the stars of eternity
                    We may be rich, we may be poor
                    We all need help from above
                    We need a friend to lend a hand
                    And we all need someone to love

                    So, do unto others
                    As you would have them do to you
                    Is there really another better way
                    To turn our gray skies back to blue?
                    From the rock of ages and good news pages
                    Buried deep on history’s shelf
                    This is the sum of the matter
                    To love our neighbor as our self

                    Yeah, no one is an island
                    We must work together to be free
                    Ask not for whom the bell tolls, now
                    It tolls for you and tolls for me
                    Ask not for whom the bell tolls, now
                    It tolls for you and tolls for me
                    Ask not for whom the great bell tolls
                    It tolls for you and tolls for me *


“I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our
resources is just as important as defense abroad.  Otherwise, what is there to defend?”

                                                                    --Robert Redford


*FootNote:  Inspired by American author Ernest Hemingway, Welsh/English poet John Donne, the unknown author of Ecclesiastes and the foundation of Human and Civil rights, as stated by Jesus of Nazareth.  Concept inspired by folk singers Tim and Sarah Crews of Prescott, Arizona.


           


Copyright © August 20th, 2003 by Richard Aberdeen.

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