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Hand me a gun
Or a glass of red wine
To wet my whistle and ease my mind.
Hand me a book,
An Orwell book,
To teach me of a life unkind.

And I'll stand in a trench
Or sit on a bench
For a general who's more
Of a mouse than a man.

And I'll die on request
And I'll take what I will
And I'll take what I get by the hand.

Peace for my mind:
Peace in our time.

Get me a preacher to tell me I'm sane
I won't believe him but I'll smile any way.
Put me in prison to serve my time
Or leave me here to make up my mind.

And I'll turn and I'll laugh
And I'll laugh and I'll lust
Till the sound of the old-age piano bursts.

And I'll sing like the king who rejected the ring
Bought for peace and sanctuary
Bought with peace in his mind:
Peace in our time.

Throw me a cloth to mop up my brain
Then take your gun and shoot me in the head again.
Show me a place where fantasy grows:
It's the same Earth that we all love and know.

And I'll wallow and play in the heat of the day
In the thunderstorm night,
'cos I'm electric anyway.

I'll cry like the guy who's seen
And heard and done everything
Just for peace in his mind.
Peace in our time.

Give me a dime for a glass of vermouth
I'll take it to my heart
I'll take you to my couch;
Back to the very heart of my coeur de lion,
To the very fleur de lis
That burns on my hearth.

Je t'adore la mort
And death I love you
Raise your glass,
Sing God Save the King
Yes we can
I am me
And I rise up against bullets
And I fall like a zero:
Mama's little hero

For peace in my mind:
Peace in our time.

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from Songs From Motion Pictures (Revisited), released March 2, 2014

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