THANK YOU PETE

Pete Seger died yesterday. He was 94 years old

He’s famous for his songs and the stories that they told.

 

He was a folk singer and activist whose passion never ceased

As he wrote and sang songs about love...nonviolence...and peace.

 

If I Had a Hammer, and Where Have All the Flowers Gone he would croon

And as a young man growing up in the 70’s I liked the message in his tunes.

 

His death yesterday came in a world still filled with war and violence and hate

Not the world, I’m sure, he was hoping to create.

 

It seems there are many people out there who still need to fight, abhor and kill

Perhaps they did not hear his message...perhaps they never will. 

 

But I believe as Pete did, that there are many, many more

Who strive each day to make this world a little better than the day before.

 

Who instead of making enemies believe in making friends

Who believe that love and kindness will win out in the end.

 

So thank you Pete for the words and music you so masterfully combined

 

And may the whole world practice living the legacy you left behind.

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