These Are the Changes Songtext

von Ray Wilson

"24 month ago nd yesterday in the memory of America
The centre of NYC became a battlefield
And a graveyard and a symbol of an unfinished war"

These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes the day brings
These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes

These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes the day brings
These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes

"Like it or not we live in times of danger and uncertainty
That is the way he lived
That is what he leaves us
My brother need to be idolised
Or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life
Be remembered simply as a good and decent man
Who saw wrong and tried to right it
Saw suffering and tried to heal it
Saw war and tried to stop it"

"We must recognise that ending the war
Is only the first step towards building the peace
All parties must now see to it that this is a peace that lasts"

These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes the day brings
These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes

These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes the day brings
These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes

"I have asked for this radio and television time tonight
For the purpose of announcing that we today have concluded
An agreement to end the war
And bring peace with honour in Vietnam"

Know me, see me, try to understand me
Why, you ask
These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes the day brings
These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes

These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes the day brings
These are the changes the day brings us
These are the changes

"I know that over the years many of you have seen
The pictures and news clips of the wall that divides Berlin, but believe me, no American who sees first hand, the concrete and mortar, the guard posts, the machine gun towers, the dog runs and the barbed wire can ever again take for granted his or her freedom or the precous gift that is America."