# songs and writings of hope and peace **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-and-writings-of-hope-and-peace/81669 "2001-09-14T19:13:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-and-writings-of-hope-and-peace/81669/1 "2001-09-14T19:13:04Z")
Yep, that’s what I’m looking for. Any suggestions? **Chef Troy** put a very interesting writing by Mark Twain up in MPSIMS. Anyone else have anything relevant, either song or spoken word, that they feel applies to current events? I’m trying to gather some stuff together for a group sing-along/reading session tonight at 7. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![half\_a\_person](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@half\_a\_person](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half_a_person)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-and-writings-of-hope-and-peace/81669/2 "2001-09-14T19:41:25Z")
Imagine John Lennon Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today… Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace… You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world… You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will live as one ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-and-writings-of-hope-and-peace/81669/3 "2001-09-14T19:55:41Z")
hey, there’s a quote I’ve always liked from the book “West With the Night” by Beryl Markham. To be it has always been a reminder not to fear the future. “I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesterdays are buried deep—leave it any way except a slow way, leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead. Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished one, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a distance. The cloud clears as you enter it. I have learned this but, like everyone, I learned it late.” And this verse from the Lord of the Rings, this is from the song Sam sings to himself while he is wandering, very frightened in Mordor trying to find Frodo. Actually, it always gives me chills. Though here at journey’s end I lie, in darkness buried deep. Beyond all towers strong and high beyond all mountains steep Above all shadow rides the sun, and stars forever dwell I will not say the day is done, nor bid the stars farewell. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-and-writings-of-hope-and-peace/81669/4 "2001-09-15T04:59:12Z")
Defenately John Lennon’s **Imagine** and [b/Give Peace A Chance ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-and-writings-of-hope-and-peace/81669/5 "2001-09-16T00:19:42Z")
The Garth Brooks song _The Change_, penned by Tony Arata (who also wrote _The Dance_).