A Kris Kristofferson song about Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus, sung with a children's choir.
The words
Peacemakers who preached love are remembered, each cut down by violence.
This is Dylan's version of a Kris Kristofferson song. Each verse remembers a man who preached peace and love, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus, and each ends the same way, with the man cut down by violence. The repetition turns three life stories into one lament about how the world treats those who ask it to be better. Dylan sings it plainly and earnestly, with a children's choir joining him.
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The words
Peacemakers who preached love are remembered, each cut down by violence.
This is Dylan's version of a Kris Kristofferson song. Each verse remembers a man who preached peace and love, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus, and each ends the same way, with the man cut down by violence. The repetition turns three life stories into one lament about how the world treats those who ask it to be better. Dylan sings it plainly and earnestly, with a children's choir joining him.
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The same year · 1986
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