Henry's Songbook

Peace
Peace will
Peace will come
And let it begin with me

We
We need
We need peace
And let it begin with me

Oh, my own life is all I can hope to control
Oh, let my life be lived for the good
Good of my soul
Let it bring

Peace
Sweet peace
Peace will come
And let it begin with me

[1988:] Written while on tour with Mary Hopkin in Australia/New Zealand in the 70s. [...] I had been noodling the guitar riff for a few weeks when suddenly, in the cab ride from the airport to the hotel in Dunedin, N.Z., I wrote out the lyric. When we reached the hotel and I was able to get out the guitar I realized that the riff was not to be the tune, but the accompaniment, so I wrote another tune to carry the lyric - and it worked. (Notes 'The Very Best of Tom Paxton')