Who wants war, Lord?
In the face of international conflict,
who prefers armed conflict to diplomacy?
Who wants to settle territorial disputes
by starving and bombing some people
who've crossed a line on a map?
Who wants to send their sons and daughters
to fight a war in a foreign land?
Would you take a survey for us, Lord?
Would you poll all the people of the world
and ask them the questions above?
Ask all the people, Lord, and not just those
in the war rooms and board rooms,
ask all the people, Lord:
Who wants war?
I know my questions are simple,
perhaps naive and too idealistic,
but it brings me comfort, Lord,
to consider things as they ought to be,
as you desire them to be,
as you call us to shape the world
and live together in it...
Who wants war?
Not too many, Lord,
as I think your poll would reveal...
Who wants war?
Not the powerless poor,
the most innocent victims...
Who wants war?
No one in their right mind
wants war, Lord....
No one who reveres life
wants war, Lord...
No one who seeks peace
wants war, Lord...
No one who walks your path
wants war, Lord...
None who love their neighbor
want war, Lord...
No one who loves you
wants war, Lord...
Help us, Lord, we pray,
to stop waging wars
we do not want...
Amen.
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