bamdrew says...

I always liked "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" as a 'pro-peace in the time of war' song.

Even though the official track was directly about a gunfighting, wild-west lawman talking to his mother while he lays dying, the lyrics were written to work for a dying soldier, or one just tired of the fighting...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bob-Dylan-Knockin-On-Heavens-Door

"Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door."

Dylan also sang different lyrics every other time he played it live for a
time, either replacing one or two lines ("Mama put my guns in the ground, I'm sick and tired of the war") or changing the whole song;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHJBOOEkZ4o

"Mama wipe the blood off of my face
I cant see threw it anymore.
Need someone to talk to at my new hiding place
feels like I'm looking at heaven's door.

Mama I can hear that thunder roar
echoing down from God's distant shore.
I can hear them calling for my soul
feel I'm knocking on heaven's door."

Okay... for fun I'm sifting my favorite version.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Im-sick-and-tired-of-the-War-Knockin-on-Heavens-Door

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