TRUE JOY TO THE WORLD

(I have always found Joy to the World very paternalistic and imperialist, so here is a non offensive version)

Joy to the world, the year is done!
Let earth comfort all beings;
Let every heart prepare for peace,
And humans and nature sing,
And humans and nature sing,
And humans, and humans, and nature sing.

Joy to the earth, common sense reigns!
Let people conscience employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

No more let wars and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
Peace comes to make blessings flow
Far as the earth is bound,
Far as the earth is bound,
Far as, far as, the earth is bound.

Peace rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of their ideals,
And wonders of true love,
And wonders of true love,
And wonders, wonders, of true love.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF AMERICA

Mothers and fathers of America

Brave and free

Now is the time

To crowd the Capitol steps

With you and your children

Show in your numbers

You are not to be trifled with

By the lawmakers of the land

Or the lobbyists who own them

Or the merchants of pocket size murder

Whose factories churn out unending tragedy

For you and your neighbors

Teachers and students of America

Bowed but unbroken

Now is the time

To find the gun lovers

To study their ways and days

Show their lies

The pockets they have lined

Of lawmakers of the land

Expose the lobbyists who own them

Shackle the merchants of murder

Shutter the factories of unending tragedy

And save you and your neighbors

Brothers and sisters of America

Despaired and divided

Now is the time

To put history behind you

And put life first

To return safety to streets and schools

Fight for peace and stability

Order the lawmakers of your land

To turn out the lobbyists who blind them

Muzzle the merchants of murder

Turn factories of tragedy to better ends

And save your country for old and young