GIVE US OUR PEACE by Rollo Dilworth 
I’ve been in the storm so long. 
I’ve been in the storm so long, children.   
‘Been in the storm so long. 
Oh, give me little time to pray. 

Give us a peace equal to the war
Or else our souls will be unsatisfied, 
And we will wonder what we have fought for
And why the many died.

Give us a peace accepting ev’ry challenge, 
The challenge of the poor, the black, of all denied, 
The challenge of the vast colonial world 
That long has had so little justice by its side.

Give us a peace that dares us to be wise. 
Give us a peace that dares us to be strong. 
Give us a peace that dares us still uphold 
Throughout the peace our battle against wrong.

Give us a peace that is not cheaply used, 
A peace that is no clever scheme, 
A people’s peace for which men can enthuse, 
A peace that brings reality to our dream.

Give us a peace that will produce great schools — 
As the war produced great armament, 
A peace that will wipe out our slums —
As war wiped out our foes on evil bent.

Give us a peace that will enlist 
A mighty army serving human kind, 
Not just an army geared to kill, 
But trained to help the living mind.

Give us a peace that dares us to be wise. 
Give us a peace that dares us to be strong.
Give us a peace that dares us still uphold
Throughout the peace our battle against wrong.

Give us a peace that is not cheaply used,
A peace that is no clever scheme,  
A people’s peace for which men can enthuse,   
A peace that brings reality to our dream.

An army trained to shape our common good [Marching!]
And bring about a world of brother and sisterhood 
[Marching!]
An army trained to shape our common good, [Marching!]
We are soldiers in the army [Marching!]
Give us our peace!