I Don't Believe In Violence by Larry Long by Larry Long published on 2016-07-09T16:19:59Z I Don’t Believe In Violence Words & Music by Larry Long Produced by Melvin James Larry Long - Lead Vocal & Guitar Melvin James - Harmony Vocal & Guitar If someone strikes I won’t strike back If the strike again I will not attack I’d rather talk then hear bones crack I don’t believe in violence Streets are filled with gang warfare Some people don’t mind, they just don’t care When children get killed, it’s never fair I don’t believe in violence Talk of war in the news Iraq, Syria, Palestine, too It all comes back to me and you I don’t believe in violence Nuclear missiles and Tomcats Stealth bombers and poison gas Oil spills and M-1 tanks I don’t believe in violence Jumping off buildings just like flies Killing machines, don’t believe my eyes Late at night I can hear them cry I don’t believe in violence Women are scared at night There’s abduction, rape, filled with fright Keep on running until you find the light I don’t believe in violence People living in landlord shacks Keeping warm by burning trash In need of food, they steal for cash I don’t believe in violence Martin said, “Do not kill.” I don’t want dead bodies in landfills Committing violence is not God’s will I don’t believe in violence Words & Music by Larry Long © Larry Long Publishing 1991, Renewed 2017 / BMI Larry Long - Lead Vocal & Guitar Melvin James - Harmony Vocal & Guitar Email: larryl@larrylong.org Web: www.larrylong.org · www.communitycelebration.org Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter Comment by Carin Vagle moving! beautiful and inspiring. thank you so much! 2020-01-12T22:01:58Z