Maybe We're Wrong

Music, 1976 • Lyrics, 1977

Daybreak and sunrise
Strike pain in my heart
Men lay dying
Women weeping for sons and lovers lost
The bloodshed, the turmoil
The sense of victory
We fought and won
They fought and died

Maybe we're wrong
Maybe we couldn't be right
You know it happens sometimes....

A young girl lay crying
Death craddeled in her arms
She raised her eyes
And held my gaze
I drank in the sadness
Felt the pain, her tears were mine
Saw my enemy
Lurking, within myself

Maybe we're wrong
Maybe we couldn't be right
You know it happens sometimes....

Maybe we're wrong
Maybe we couldn't be right
You know it happens sometimes....

I lay down my sword
Cast aside my gun
Tore the bloodstained cloth
From my back and arms
I walked through the city
Through hell, through grief
Saw all I'd fought against
Here I'd done

Maybe we're wrong
Maybe we couldn't be right
You know it happens sometimes....

Maybe we're wrong
Maybe we couldn't be right
You know it happens sometimes....

© Kirtland C. Peterson, 1976/1977