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This song was chosen as an Honorable Mention in the 17th Annual Billboard Magazine International Songwriting Competition.

There's also a video directed by Greg Killmaster: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFLy8qRumtA

lyrics

guns don't kill people
people kill people
when people pull the triggers

bombs don't kill people
people kill people
when people give the orders to drop bombs

why? we have no answer...
we have no way to know why

lies don't kill people
people kill people
when people start wars by telling lies

why? we have no answer...
we have no way to know why
but it seems to happen every time
an echo chamber for the party line
an invocation of divine
intervention for our side

but god won't help people
till people help people
and people stop the killing for their god

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from Simple Songs For Dangerous Times, released November 11, 2008
Micha Patri: drums, vibraphone
Peter Canton: bass guitar, baritone guitar, arrangement
Jerome Rossen: strings arrangement
Miles Loretta: percussion, additional drums
Mark Erickson: glockenspiel, piano, vocals, guitar
Lisa Redfern: vocals
Nicole Summerwood: vocals

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