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Colum Sands
	Year:	1996
	Album:	ALL MY WINDING JOURNEYS
	Song:	Ceasefire
Words & Music Colum Sands, Elm Grove Music Colum Sands: vocals, guitar Rod McVey: Harmonium Rosemary Woods: backing vocals
Ceasefire in the city, ceasefire in the town Ceasefire on the country roads that wander up and down Ceasefire in the garden, flowers all around She walks along the gravel path, her feet the only sound. And down in the valley the children are playing She watches them laugh in the sun A little girl's teaching her brother to walk And already he's trying to run And down in the valley the children are waiting Tomorrow a new day will start And she knows every time when she put her arms round them The future is close to her heart. Ceasefire in the winter, ceasefire in the spring Ceasefire through the summer days of roundabouts and swings Ceasefire on the ocean, ceasefire on the land She opens up the little gate with flowers in her hand. And down in the city they're counting the money The vultures are waiting to feed The merchants who deal in the weapons of war Know that peace is the last thing they need They feasted in Flanders Saigon Sarajevo To them every cause is the same And where boots trample reason and guns do the talking They'll set out their stalls once again. Ceasefire in the morning, ceasefire afternoon Ceasefire in the evening and night is coming soon Ceasefire in the graveyard, she stops and stands alone Where time is testing every name that's written into stone. And down in the valley the children are playing She watches them laugh in the sun A little girl's teaching her brother to walk And already he's trying to run And down in the valley the children are waiting Tomorrow a new day will start And she knows every time when she put her arms round them The future is close to her heart.