Subject: Lyr Add: HELLO PEACE (Calls Across The Wall) From: GUEST, Graham Dixon Date: 13 Oct 23 - 12:27 PM Words & music Graham & Bernadette Dixon (Trouble at’ Mill) Hear the song here https://youtu.be/6h8_yqSREnQ?si=x9hOKbMJGu11caCD Aug 16, 2018. Hello Peace Inspired by a BBC Radio 4 programme “Calls Across The Wall”. Wednesday 15 August 2007. The story of Hello Peace, a phone line which has facilitated nearly a million conversations between Israelis and Palestinians. It began in November 2000 when a young Israeli woman, trying to phone a Jewish friend, called a wrong number and found herself speaking instead to a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip. Chorus Hello my friend, this is a call across the wall Hello again, this is a call across the wall Let's make it end There will be peace for one and all Hello my friend Hello again Hello peace I can’t recall what all this fighting’s for There is no reason for this crazy pointless war Let’s start to talk then we’ll live in fear no more Hello my friend Hello again Hello peace Chorus Shalom my friend, I can hear you’re just like me A trembling voice and frightened child upon your knee Now there’s a choice Would you like to talk to me? Hello my friend Hello again Hello peace It was just a wrong number A stranger on the end of the line Sounds like HE could be a friend of mine We could live together side by side If we only had the chance to try It was just a wrong number A stranger on the end of the line Sounds like SHE could be a friend of mine We could live together side by side If we only had the chance to try Salaam my friend, though we’re both of different creed You sound like me It’s so good to hear you speak Let’s show the world that we can turn the other cheek Hello my friend Hello again Hello peace Chorus Shalom my friend, Salaam my friend, Hello peace This is a call across the wall Hello peace
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