Jackson Browne - It Is One Lyrics
They shot a man into the skyThe moon and stars became his bedHe saw the sun rise seven timesAnd when he came back down he saidIt is one, it is oneOne world spinning round the sunWherever it is you call homeWhatever country you come fromIt is one, it is one, it is one, it is oneThey shot a man if africaAt a time of rivalry and warHe had some dreams of a good lifeBut dreams arent what they killed him forNow people stand themselves next to the righteousAnd they believe the things they say are trueThey speak in terms of what divides usTo justify the violence they doBut it is one, it is oneOne world spinning round the sunWherever it is you call homeWhatever country you come fromIt is one, it is one, it is one, it is oneOne -- the deep blue oceanOne -- the endless skyOne -- the purple mountainsOne -- you and iIts not a world of our own choosingWe dond decide where we are bornThis life is a battleground between right and wrongOne way or other we are tornAnd people stand themselves next to the righteousAnd they believe the things they say are trueAnd speak in terms of what divides usTo justify the violence they doBut it is one, it is oneOne world spinning round the sunWherever it is you call homeWhatever country you come fromIt is one, it is one, it is one, it is oneIt is one, it is one, it is one, it is oneOne -- the deep blue oceanOne -- the endless skyOne -- the purple mountainsOne -- you and i
