Power

Peter, Paul and Mary

R: Just give me the warm power of the sun
   Give me the steady flow of a waterfall
   Give me the spirit of living things as they return to clay.
   Just give me the restless power of the wind
   Give me the comforting glow of a wood fire
   But please take all of your atomic poison power away. 
   
1. Everybody needs some power I'm told
   To shield them from the darkness and the cold
   Some may see a way to take control
   when it's bought and sold. 
   
2. I know that lives are at stake
   Yours and mine and our descendants in time.
   There's so much to gain, so much to lose
   Everyone of us has to choose.    
R: 
   
3. We are only now beginning to see
   How delicate the balance of nature can be
   The limits of her ways have been defined
   And we've crossed that line. 
   
4. Some don't even care or know that we'll pay
   But we have seen the face of death in our day.
   There's so little time to change our ways
   If only we together can say 
R:
   
   All of your atomic poison power
   All of your atomic poison power
   Away.