Please lay down your pistols and your rifles 
Please lay down your colours and your creeds 
Please lay down your thoughts of being no-one 
Concentrate on what you ought to be  
Then lay down your bullshit and your protests 
Then lay down your governments of greed 
Take a look at what lies all around you 
Then pray God we can live in peace  
 
Everyone's a loner 'till he needs a helping hand 
Everyone is everybody else 
Everyone's a no-one 'till he wants to make a stand 
God alone knows how we will survive  
 
So please lay down your pistols and your rifles 
Please lay down your colours and your creeds 
Please lay down your thoughts of being no-one 
Concentrate on what you ought to be  
 
Everyone's a loner 'till he needs a helping hand 
Everyone is everybody else 
Everyone's a no-one 'till he wants to make a stand 
God alone knows how we will survive