FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS, THIS COUNTRY OF OURS
HAS ENDURED VIOLENCE CONTINUOUSLY.
IN ALMOST EVERY CITY AND TOWN AND VILLAGE
THE SPOILS OF CONFLICT AND CARNAGE ARE THERE TO BE SEEN.
IT SEEMS TO ME SUCH A PITY, THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF OURS, SHOULD SUFFER INDEFINATLY. IF ONLY THE PEOPLE WOULD TAKE A LOOK, AND REALISE, ITS UP TO EVERYONE TO PUT BEHIND THEM THE UGLY MEMORIES, AND WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY FOR A BRIGHTER AND MORE PEACEFUL FUTURE. I WONDER FOR OUR CHILDRENS SAKE,
IS IT EVER GOING TO END?
WE SPEND OUR YEARS IN THIS FAIR LAND
WE'VE SEEN IT CHANGING WITH THE SAND
THIS COUNTRY WHERE WE SPENT OUR YOUTH
WE'VE RUINED WITH OUR HANDS
SO WHEN WILL OUR PEOPLE LEARN
THAT ALL OUR CHILDREN YEARN
FOR WHEN THE DAY WILL COME
WHEN WE CAN LIVE AS ONE
THE GREEN FIELDS OF OUR PRETTY LAND
OUR MOUNTAINS BY THE ROLLING SEA
HOW PEACEFUL IN THE PALE MOONLIGHT
HOW PEACEFUL THEY CAN BE
OUR CITY'S HAVE BEEN BLOWN AWAY
BY BOMBS AND BULLETS DAY BY DAY
THERE'S NOTHING FOR OUR PEOPLE HERE
SO NOW THEY'LL MOVE AWAY
SO WHEN WILL OUR PEOPLE LEARN
THAT ALL OUR CHILDREN YEARN
FOR WHEN THE DAY WILL COME
WHEN WE CAN LIVE AS ONE
SO LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER NOW
AND TRY TO LET THE PEOPLE SEE
THAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER
WE CAN LIVE IN HARMONY
THIS LAND COULD BE A HAPPY PLACE
IF WE ONLY HAD THE GRACE
TO GIVE OUR CHILDREN GROWING UP
A SMILE BACK ON THERE FACE
SO WHEN WILL OUR PEOPLE LEARN
THAT ALL OUR CHILDREN YEARN
FOR WHEN THE DAY WILL COME
WHEN WE CAN LIVE AS ONE
SO WHEN WILL OUR PEOPLE LEARN
THAT ALL OUR CHILDREN YEARN
FOR WHEN THE DAY WILL COME
WHEN WE, CAN LIVE, AS ONE