Please send me someone to love
Heaven please send to all mankind,
Understanding and peace of mind.
But, if it's not asking too much
Please send me someone to love.
Show all the world how to get along,
Peace will enter when hate is gone.
But, if it's not asking too much,
Please send me someone to love.
I lay awake night and ponder world troubles.
My answer is always the same.
That unless men put an end to all of this,
Hate will put the world in a flame, (oh) what a shame.
Just because I'm in misery.
I'm not begging for no sympathy.
But if it's not asking too much,
Just send me someone to love.
Heaven please send to all mankind,
Understanding and peace of mind.
But if it's not asking too much,
Please send me someone to love.
この曲はPercy Mayfieldが第二次世界大戦後の1950年に作った曲で、戦争と平和について歌った曲です。
私もこの歌を若い頃歌う機会がありましたが…曲の内容・背景を知れば知るほど重たすぎて、戦争を知らない私には上手く表現できませんでした。
今この瞬間にも、この様な感情を切実に抱くことの無い平和な世界になる事を願います。
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