Bring our Troops Home in Style
Let freedom's voice be heard
If We All Stood Still
If Everyone Stood Still
What would happen if we took the time to learn a stranger’s name?
What would happen when we realize we are all the same?
Outside appearances are just shells to cover protect our bones from harm
What would happen if we held a good friend’s arm?
Imagine what the world would be like if we didn’t hate anyone
Imagine all the things we would get to do without the strife for one
Imagine a world without fighting and bloodshed to endure
Imagine what great things we’d have and so much more
What would happen if everyone in every country chose one minute out of his or her day
To turn around and say good morning to someone they pass on the way
As they are going to work or completing an errand that they must do you see
But, how long is a minute just 60 seconds to your kindness to me
What would happen if all of a sudden all the people who hate us came to realize
That they are looking at the world and thinking through someone else’s eyes
Without any thought of how they really feel or how they really want to be
They choose to hate people because they are programmed don’t you see?
What would happen if on New Year’s Eve at exactly 12 midnight
People in every part of the world will stop and decide not to fight
Imagine what would happen if our men came home and knew that they
Could stay with their families and never have to leave them and go away
I know that I am dreaming because I see it everyday as I walk alone
I see it where I live when everyone hangs their heads down and they moan
As they walk to work and never look up to say a word to me
I feel sometimes invisible and I know they can see me
But, wouldn’t it be nice if for just one second, one minute or more we all stood still and asked someone their name
If we would realize that we are not so different and we have some much about us that is the same
Maybe, we would learn to understand each other better
And the world would be free of guns, weapons and maybe to my nephew overseas I would not have to communicate by writing a letter.
Fran Lewis
What would happen if we took the time to learn a stranger’s name?
What would happen when we realize we are all the same?
Outside appearances are just shells to cover protect our bones from harm
What would happen if we held a good friend’s arm?
Imagine what the world would be like if we didn’t hate anyone
Imagine all the things we would get to do without the strife for one
Imagine a world without fighting and bloodshed to endure
Imagine what great things we’d have and so much more
What would happen if everyone in every country chose one minute out of his or her day
To turn around and say good morning to someone they pass on the way
As they are going to work or completing an errand that they must do you see
But, how long is a minute just 60 seconds to your kindness to me
What would happen if all of a sudden all the people who hate us came to realize
That they are looking at the world and thinking through someone else’s eyes
Without any thought of how they really feel or how they really want to be
They choose to hate people because they are programmed don’t you see?
What would happen if on New Year’s Eve at exactly 12 midnight
People in every part of the world will stop and decide not to fight
Imagine what would happen if our men came home and knew that they
Could stay with their families and never have to leave them and go away
I know that I am dreaming because I see it everyday as I walk alone
I see it where I live when everyone hangs their heads down and they moan
As they walk to work and never look up to say a word to me
I feel sometimes invisible and I know they can see me
But, wouldn’t it be nice if for just one second, one minute or more we all stood still and asked someone their name
If we would realize that we are not so different and we have some much about us that is the same
Maybe, we would learn to understand each other better
And the world would be free of guns, weapons and maybe to my nephew overseas I would not have to communicate by writing a letter.
Fran Lewis
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