The song Peace Train was written by Cat Stevens in 1971. It was his first song to enter Billboard Top 10 songs. In 1977 Cat Stevens converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusuf Islam. Yusuf re-recorded Peace Train for the War Child charity in 2003. The following live video was taken during the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize concert.
Peace Train lyrics
Now I’ve been happy lately,
Thinking about the good things to come,
And I believe it could be,
Something good has begun
Oh I’ve been smiling lately,
Dreaming about the world as one,
And I believe it could be,
Some day it’s going to come
‘Cause out on the edge of darkness,
There rides a peace train,
Oh peace train take this country,
Come take me home again
Now I’ve been smiling lately,
Thinking about the good things to come,
And I believe it could be,
Something good has begun
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Ooh, aah, eeh, aah, oooh, aah
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Ooh, aah, eeh, aah, oooh, aah
Come on the peace train
Get your bags together,
Go bring your good friends too,
‘Cause it’s getting nearer, it soon will be with you,
Now come and join the living,
It’s not so far from you
And it’s getting nearer, soon it will all be true
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Ooh, aah, eeh, aah, oooh, aah
Come on the peace train
Now I’ve been crying lately,
thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, why can’t we live in bliss?
‘Cause out on the edge of darkness,
There rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country,
Come take me home again
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Ooh, aah, eeh, aah, oooh, aah
Come on the peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Ooh, aah, eeh, aah, oooh, aah
Come on, come on, come on
Yes, come on peace train
Yes, it’s the peace train!
Ooh, aah, eeh, aah, oooh, aah
Come on the peace train,
Oh peace train.