If We Can Give Love a Chance

If we can give love a chance O love; sweet love if we can give it a chance As our God-given blessed children Black, yellow, white, green, innocent of our wars Live doing when in rain bow multi-colour They go playing without hatred and fear O love; sweet love if we can give it a chance By allowing truth to live in everybody’s tongue We men will be very strong And hatred that reigns to the bay will shyly move Leaving us in peace unending, for we will be sinking in the sea of love If we can give love a chance Then at day dawn, we men black, yellow, white green Without fear will drive our flocks from field to fold Free as the air to watch rivers that rage And the rocks that grow old Free to listen to the birds that sing Free without fear to scent the flowers and walk the wanton fields Free to enjoy what pleasures nature can bring If we can give love a chance Then there will be peace everlasting Peace and joy that must be in any day that breaks And soon withers them forgotten As eggs that go rotten Peace that brings joy, joy that happiness That gives a honey tongue, a heart of gall Joy that brings sorrow to fall