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The Spirit Said No


C F C F C "I feel that I must fight!" I cried, F C But the spirit said, "No." Am "This time I am right!" I cried, F C But the spirit said, "No." Am Righteous anger turned my head; Am7/G All my thoughts were burning red F C To see my enemy lie dead, F C But the spirit said, "No." F C The spirit said, "No."

"The need to fight is strong!" I cried,
But the spirit said, "No."
"My enemy is wrong!" I cried,
But the spirit said, "No."
"My faithless enemy broke trust.
I'd see him trample in the dust.
God knows that my cause is just."
But the spirit said, "No."
The spirit said, "No."


Am Anger flowed like burning liquor G Through my blood and my brain. Am Hatred for my enemy, G The need to cause him pain. Am Am7/G Was my obsession now, my craving now: F God damn my enemy! C Why, look at him standing there! G Why can't you see how he hates me?

"I wanna see him dead!" I cried,
But the spirit said, "No."
"You heard the things he said!" I cried,
But the spirit said, "No."
"There is no kinder soul than I,
But he's a beast, and that is why
I'd see him dead - I'd see him die!"
But the spirit said, "No."
The spirit said, "No."

Anger flowed like burning liquor
Through my blood and my brain.
Hatred for my enemy,
The need to cause him pain.
Was my obsession now, my craving now:
God damn my enemy!
Why, look at him standing there!
Why can't you see how he hates me?

"I wanna see him dead!" I cried,
But the spirit said, "No."
"You heard the things he said!" I cried,
But the spirit said, "No."
"There is no kinder soul than I,
But he's a beast, and that is why
I'd see him dead - I'd see him die!"
But the spirit said, "No."
The spirit said, "No."


C I wanna walk the peace walk. F I wanna talk the peace talk. C G I wanna find the freedom C In my heart.

I wanna walk the peace walk.
I wanna talk the peace talk.
I wanna find the freedom
In my heart.

(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1991)


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