[Verse 1: Johnny Cash] Deep in the heart of the infinite darkness A tiny blue marble is spinning through space Born in the splendor of God's holy vision And sliding away like a tear down his face
[Verse 2: Johnny Cash] The closer you see the whole, wide, holy wonder Of oceans and mountains and rivers and trees And the strangest creation of many: the human A creature of laughter and freedom and dreams
[Verse 3: Waylon Jennings] Now the warriors are waving their old rusty sabres And preachers are preaching the gospel of hate By their behaviour they are determined to teach us A lesson we are soon to be learning too late
[Verse 4: Johnny Cash] Look closer, my brother, we are killing each other And we'd better stop and get started today Because life is the question and life is the answer And God is the reason and love is the way Because life is the question and life is the answer And God is the reason and love is the way