when you look into a child s face and you re seeing the human race the endless possibilities there where so much can come true and you think of the beautiful things a child can do how long would the child survive how long how long if it was up to you when you think about the money spent on defense by a government and the weapons of destruction we ve built we re so sure that we need and you think of the millions and millions that money could feed how long can you hear someone crying how long can you hear someone dying before you ask yourself why and how long will we hear people speaking about missiles for peace and just let it go by how long will they tell us these weapons are keeping us free that s a lie how long how long if you saw it from a satellite with its green and its blue and white the beauty of the curve of the earth and its oceans below you might think it was paradise if you didn t know you might think that it s turning but it s turning so slow  how long can you hear someone crying how long can you hear someone dying before you ask yourself why and how long will it be til we ve turned to the tasks and the skills that we ll have to have learned if we re going to find our place in the future and have something to offer where this planet s concerned how long how long how long 