Lyr Add: When the Generals Say It's Time for Peace

Subject: New song:Generals Say Its Time for Peace
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 12 Mar 03 - 10:22 PM

A friend in Oregon just sent me this, a song and animation done by folks in Washington State. Check it out!

When the Generals Say It's Time for Peace

Aloha, Mark

Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN THE GENERALS SAY IT'S TIME FOR PEACE
From: Charley Noble
Date: 13 Mar 03 - 11:11 AM

Well, let's paste this in from the website above:

When the Generals Say It's Time For Peace
(By Zeke Hoskin)

           D        A
When the generals say it's time for war, it may be wrong to go.
A        D
The generals may know all about war, but war is all they know.
D        G
So take it with a grain of salt when the generals say, "Let's fight!"
        Em        A        A
But when the generals say it's time for peace, the chances are they're right.

When the pacifists say it's time for peace, you know they might be wrong
There comes a day when you have to fight, 'though you'd rather get along
You can't make everything go away by wishing with all your might
But when the generals say it's time for peace, the chances are they're right
G        D
Maybe a dozen folks want this war
A        D
Only half of them know what for
G        D
They won't do the fighting, they don't know how
E7        A
Pity they're all in the White House now

When the songwriters tell you what to think, don't bother to listen long
The only thing they know for sure is how to write a song
So think for yourself: who dies? who prospers every time we fight?
When the generals say it's time for peace, the chances are they're right

Peace,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: New song: Generals Say It's Time for Peace
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 14 Mar 03 - 04:50 AM

Thanks, Charlie. The song was written by Zeke Hoskins of Bellingham, Wash., and animated by my old Seattle friend, songwriter/guitarist extraordinaire, Marc Hoffman, who also plays mandolin on it.

Aloha,
Mark