Jewish Reconstructionist Federation

Peace in the Valley
words and music- copyright Shawn Zevit, 1991, 2007

Peace in the valley
How many times, how many times
Must we hear the rally?
Cries of thunder, shouts to heaven
Fall back with gravity
Pelting on the passerby
God asks not for reasons why
Just change our lives
In the valley

These good intentions
A good place to start
But we need more than
These good intentions
This won't feed the hunger
Or give our children attention
Pointing to the self-made- man
Left behind a power dam
Blocked up all the life
In the valley

Start with the small things
Voice has told you will be shown
If you start with the small things
Grandiose and well-thought words
Won't help our sustaining
Doing more while using less
No gold stars for being best
Just a future and the promise
Of a valley

Peace in the valley
How many times, how many times
Must we hear the rally?
Cries of thunder, shouts to heaven
Fall back with gravity
Pelting on the passerby
God asks not for reasons why
Just change our lives
In the valley