InformationAlbum NamePoems, Prayers and PromisesArtistJohn DenverGenre컨트리Release Date1971Release AgencyRCAOriginalThe Box - John Denver Once upon a time in the land of Hush A Bye around about the wondrous days of yore they came across a kind of box bound up with chains and locked with locks and labeled Kindly do not touch it's war A decree was issued round about and all with a flourish and a shout and a gaily colored mascot tripping lightly on before Don't fiddle with this deadly box or break the chains or pick the locks And please don't ever play about with war The children understood Children happen to be good and they were just as good around the time of yore They didn't try to pick the locks or break into that deadly box They never tried to play about with war Mommies didn't either sisters aunts grannies neither They were quiet and sweet and pretty in those wondrous days of yore Well very much the same as now not the ones to blame somehow for opening up that deadly box of war But someone did Someone battered in the lid and spilled the insides out across the floor A kind of bouncy bumpy ball made up of guns and flags and all the tears and horror and death that comes with war It bounced right out and went bashing all about bumping into everything in store And what was sad and most unfair was that it didn't really seem to care much who it bumped or why or what or for It bumped the children mainly And I'll tell you this quite plainly it bumps them every day and more and more and leaves them dead and burned and dying thousands of them sick and crying Cause when it bumps it's really very sore Now there's a way to stop the ball It isn't difficult at all All it takes is wisdom and I'm absolutely sure that we can get it back into the box and bind the chains and lock the locks But no one seems to want to save the children anymore Well that's the way it all appears cause it's been bouncing 'round for years and years In spite of all the wisdom whizzed since those wondrous days of yore And the time they came across the box Bound up with chains and locked with locks And labeled Kindly do not touch it's war Post navigation Joan Baez – The River In The Pines Jack Johnson – Fall Line By be1lyric Related Post Album EJel (이젤), RIWOO, Various Artists, Very Berry, 김세종, 김시은, 김예솔, 김희원, 빈센트블루, 샘김 (Sam Kim), 연준, 이가영, 조은정, 조혜란, 최보윤, 하근영, 하현상 – 지금연애 Sep 22, 2024 be1lyric Album EJel (이젤), RIWOO, Various Artists, Very Berry, 김세종, 김시은, 김예솔, 김희원, 빈센트블루, 샘김 (Sam Kim), 연준, 이가영, 조은정, 조혜란, 최보윤, 하근영, 하현상 – 내 안의 그대는 Sep 22, 2024 be1lyric Album EJel (이젤), RIWOO, Various Artists, Very Berry, 김세종, 김시은, 김예솔, 김희원, 빈센트블루, 샘김 (Sam Kim), 연준, 이가영, 조은정, 조혜란, 최보윤, 하근영, 하현상 – Boyfriend Sep 22, 2024 be1lyric Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.