If there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenIf there's one great day, if there's one great heightnLet it be the time for peace, let it be the time of rightnIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenI've seen too much of what fighting has donenI've seen too much anger and I've seen it far too youngnAnd talk will come to nothingnWhile the shouting still goes onnBut we are only singersnAnd too many songs are sungnIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenIf there's one great day, if there's one great heightnLet it be the time for peace, let it be the time of rightnIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenI've seen the way of martyrs and I've seen the way of kingsnI've seen the hope that love can bringnI only hope what pleases me will also pleasure younFor mine can never be the hands that make a dream come truenIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenIf there's one great day, if there's one great heightnLet it be the time for peace, let it be the time of rightnIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenI've seen too much of what fighting has donenI've seen too much anger and I've seen it far too youngnI've seen the way of martyrs and I've seen the way of kingsnI've seen the hope that love can bringnI only hope what pleases me will also pleasure younFor mine can never be the hands that make a dream come truenIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenIf there's one great day, if there's one great heightnLet it be the time for peace, let it be the time of rightnIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenIf there's one great day, if there's one great heightnLet it be the time for peace, let it be the time of rightnIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifenIf there's one great day, if there's one great heightnLet it be the time for peace, let it be the time of rightnIf there's one great thingnTo happen in my lifen