Lesson of Today

So what is the lesson from our world today, it seems to be blow your problems away On and on it goes each day, will this pain ever go away Seeing inhumanity and destruction has become commonplace Yet those responsible will try to present a respectable face When I was young they told us it couldn't be done It would be an endless war because that's all we're good for With peace today on the Emerald Isle, we can watch our children smile Can't we call a halt to world destruction for a while An act of humanity in World War I is why I am here to write this song A young Irish soldier carried from the battlefield by someone supposed to be his enemy He lost a leg but they saved his life and made it back home to his wife Don't write people off because of an accident of birth We all deserve to share this earth When I was young they told us it couldn't be done It would be an endless war because that's all we're good for With peace today on the Emerald Isle, we can watch our children smile Can't we call a halt to world destruction for a while When I was young they told us it couldn't be done It would be an endless war because that's all we're good for With peace today on the Emerald Isle, we can watch our children smile Can't we call a halt to world destruction for a while