Album: Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio (1991)

Movement VIII - Peace

[SHANTY]
And so it was that you were born
Into this world one winter morning,
With a childish innocence you smiled at me
And I was born again.

[BOY SOLO]
Non nobis solum
Sed toti mundo

[BOYS' CHOIR]
Nati,
Mundo nati.

[BOY SOLO]
Toti mundo nati.

[MEN'S CHORUS]
God is good
And He will be our savior,
All we need
Is in His power to give us.
Let the light that lies within
His heart
Illuminate our being.

[FULL CHORUS]
God is good
And with this thought to guide us
We will live
In joyful contemplation.
Let the love that lives within your heart
Illuminate your being.

[PREACHER]
What people want is a family life,
The strength of a home and a moat round the castle.
Pull up the drawbridge,
Staying at home with the family.

All people want is a family life,
Sometimes they find that it isn't so easy.
People can argue,
Life can be hard on a family.

[BASSES]
Mum's in the kitchen, she won't speak to Dad.

[ALTOS]
Uncle's ashamed of the good time he had.

[TENORS]
Brothers and sisters are lifting the roof
With the music they play all night.

[PREACHER]
But people still want a family life,
Nothing replaces the love and affection.
Pull up the drawbridge
Tempers are frayed, but it's like that.

[ALTOS]
Don't be dismayed if it's like that.

[BASSES]
Like that.

[PREACHER]
You're not obeyed but you like that -family life.

[BOYS and ALTOS]
God is good.
In Him we'll live for ever,
Satisfied
Inside His grace and glory,

[FULL CHORUS]
Safe and sound
In His eternal love
We have found salvation.

[NURSE]
Dad's In the garden, he won't speak to M

[MARY DEE]
Mother.

[NURSE]
Uncle's in bed with a pain in his...

[SHANTY]
The Devil is evil

[PREACHER]
And God is good.

[MARY DEE]
The Devil is evil

[SHANTY]
With a D.

[MARY DEE]
And God is good

[SHANTY]
Without an O.

[MARY DEE and NURSE]
God is good without an O.

[SHANTY and PREACHER]
0...

[MARY DEE and NURSE]
And so we are grateful for harmony
For we will be faithful

[SHANTY and PREACHER]
Eternally.

[MARY DEE, NURSE, SHANTY and PREACHER]
(Ah)

[FULL CHORUS]
(Ah)
God is good,
The universal savior.
Trust in Him
To lead us through the darkness.
Live in love and when the battle's won

[MARY DEE and NURSE]
Live in peace.

[SHANTY and PREACHER]
Live in peace.

[FULL CHORUS]
Live in peace for ever.

[SOLO QUARTET]
Live in peace.

ALL Live in peace together.

[SHANTY]
So on and on the story goes
From day to day throughout our lives.

[MARY DEE]
What can we do,
that's how it grows.
I am with you,

[MARY DEE and SHANTY]
Our love survives.