Coffee House

They were a different breed, in thought as the coffee grinds Gentler souls, dreamers with artistic minds More acceptant than the average man Substance goes farther than image can And I wondered why in these troubled times Of violence hatred and senseless crimes Couldn’t we have a world summit at a coffee house I talked to a man who prayed for peace And a girl who wanted all war to cease Not like Washington I wanted to scream People think and people dream And I wondered why in all this turmoil With our young bearing guns on foreign soil Couldn’t we have peace talks at a coffee house I listened to the morning news It made me sad, gave me the blues Storms, violence, disease, starvation Governments seeking domination And I wondered why in our darkest hour And nation’s leaders obsessed with power Couldn’t we change our world from a coffee house. I stepped inside to find a book I sought Found myself immersed in thought There were poets, dreamers and works of art People whose words came from their heart And I wondered why in this time of strife As our leaders devalue human life Shouldn’t we listen to the dreamers at the coffee house.