Pacifist's Lament

[Verse 1] There's many ways to say you're sorry Home from work, buy some flowers Wash, dry, put the dishes away There's a gentle way For a hand to touch a hand For a cup of tea to be delivered to a nightstand For a light to be left on, to light someone's way [Chorus] But there is nothing harder than to stop.... ...in the middle of a battle and say you're sorry But we ask it of our children to just stop... ...in the middle of a battle and say you're sorry Which one of us is ready to just stop? [Verse 2] There's many ways, to see my fears Don't it seem hindsight is always the clearest? When the fighters and the flighters have gone back to their primeval gaze You can try to undo what conditioning created You can go to India and sit cross legged You can walk to the ocean and drown yourself in the waves [Chorus] But there is nothing harder than to stop.... ...in the middle of a battle and say you're sorry But we ask it of our children to just stop... ...in the middle of a battle and say you're sorry Which one of us is ready to just stop? [Verse 3] If I had a school, I would teach Gandhi And Dr King, and Aung San Suu Kyi I'd teach techniques of non-violence as part of the core 'cause any kid can add two and two If you show him a path to the truth Monkey see, monkey do. That is the score [Chorus] But there is nothing harder than to stop.... ...in the middle of a battle and say you're sorry But we ask it of our children to just stop... ...in the middle of a battle and say you're sorry Which one of us is ready to just stop?