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=Give Peace A Chance= = two, one two three four = = Ev'rybody's talking about = = Bagism, Madism, Dragism, Shagism, Ragism, Tagism = = This-ism, that-ism = = ism ism ism = = All we are saying is give peace a chance = = All we are saying is give peace a chance = = its goin' great = = Everybody's talkin' bout'ministers, = = sinisters, banisters and canisters, = = bishops and fishops and rabbis and pop eyes, = = and byebye, byebyes = = all we are saying is give peace a chance, = = all we are saying is give peace a chance, = = = = let me tell you now = = Ev'rybody's talking about = = Revolution, evolution, masturbation, = = flagellation, regulation, integrations, = = meditations, United Nations, = = Congratulations. = = All we are saying [keep talking] is give peace a chance = = All we are saying is give peace a chance = = = = Oh Let’s stick to it = = Ev'rybody's talking about = = John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy smothers, Bobby Dylan, = = Tommy Cooper, Derek Tayor, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, = = Hare Hare Krishna = = All we are saying is give peace a chance = = All we are saying is give peace a chance = back to "Songs of Vietnam Era"

I chose this song because the lyrics were interesting and it had to do not only with the Vietnam War but with a lot of the issues of the 60's. This song's message is talking about how everybody in America is fed up with the Vietnam War. Also, the third verse talks of people who helped in the peace movement and the counterculture which were anti-war groups. The second verse is talking of all the changes and trends that have followed the Vietnam War and the first verse talks about the organized religions that have protested the Vietnam War. The lyrics express the feeling that people have to try to give peace a try if they want the Vietnam War to be over and people need to listen to one another if peace is to gained. This song is mostly a hippie song that has to do with giving people hope that Vietnam will end and the soldiers will come home. Hippies were all over this song, singing it in marches and making it a chant of some sort.