Sometimes people ask what is it like

This love that's holding me, unfolding me

Sometimes people ask what's the difference

That we see in your days

It's not romance if romance is a dream world

It's not bliss if bliss is ignorance

And if I tried to tell the truth of us

The closest I'd come could be this:



If for just one moment

People all over the world could know this love

Armies would hold their fire

Soldiers would unlace their boots

And play soccer on the shrouded fields

Let the tanks rust where they stand

Take hold of a foreign hand

"Tell me of life in your native land."



If for just one moment

People all over the world could know this love

Ancient tribes betrayed

Sometimes slaver sometimes slave

Would lay wreathes upon the graves

And gather under a spreading tree

Saying "Hear our tragedy

And we will listen to you."



And the bully who beats on the weaker one

Would say "My God what have I done?"

Has it come to this?"

And the victim who bore it so long

Would be strong enough to stop it

And find a way to forgive



If for just one moment

People all over the world could know this love

People on line at the bank

Would whistle and yodel and dance

The teller would say "Just fill in the blanks

For whatever you need today"



People around the block

Would leave the front door unlocked

And all you gotta do is knock to be welcomed

When you get this close to someone

There is no blaming no mistaking

You know that they've been through

And the courage it's constantly taking



If for just one moment

People all over the world could know this love.

If for just one moment

People all over the world could know this love