"Paths of Peace" genre: Acoustic
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	A song expressing feelings about the USA just before the first Gulf War
	CD: Now That the Empire's Over   Label: Phil Davies Records (not yet released) Credits: Phil Davies
	Story Behind the Song I wrote this song in September/October 1990 following the invasion of Kuwait. The first three lines just wrote themselves! I hoped and believed that this song could prevent the war, and it might have done if it had been played on the radio. It wasn't! Recorded on a 4-track using an acoustic guitar and a Roland piano Lyrics Paths of Peace You sold them tanks and guns and rockets too Now you find that they're pointing back at you Don't you think it's time to study the Paths of Peace? You say you're standing up for Liberty Well I've looked at your record and I don't agree Don't you think it's time to study the Paths of Peace? Well it seems like only yesterday When the opium was planted by the CIA Now the mothers on the streets they weep Just as you sowed so we must reap So when I listen to you I sympathise But I'm looking at the world with other eyes Realise it's time to study the Paths of Peace Well you tell me about the Second World War And all the things you were fighting for Yes I guess it's true you were fighting for the cause of Peace But I remember too how Pinochet Was put in power by the CIA And I don't call that working for the cause of Peace And when I saw your Contra war It made me know who I was fighting for When I saw the women take a stand To drive your missiles off my land So when I listen to you I sympathise But I'm looking at the world with other eyes Realise it's time to study the Paths of Peace You talk of Justice and Liberty Is that the same law for you as it is for me And can I trust you to uphold the cause of Peace? Or is it one law for the sons of toil Another for the black gold under the soil Can I trust you to uphold the cause of Peace? Or is it one law for the settlers' band Another for the natives of the land What use to me is your status quo When I've got nowhere to live and nowhere to go? So while I respect you for your point of view I find that peace is my business too Realise it's time to study the Paths of Peace Realise it's time to study the Paths of Peace Realise it's time to study the Paths of Peace

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