GIVE US LOVE
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      IN BRUSSELS TODAY
      THE START DATE FOR THE CURRENCY
      HAS BEEN SCRAPPED
      AN EARTHQUAKE HAS SHAKEN
      A TOWER BLOCK IN BELARUS
      REPORTS SAY THAT AS MANY AS 15 ARE DEAD

      AN OIL SPILLAGE MAKES A MAJOR ECO-DISASTER LIKELY
      A 3000-TON TANKER HAS COME AGROUND OFF THE CHINESE COAST
      AND IN LONDON THIS MORNING
      POLICE UNEARTHED A SUBSTANTIAL WEAPONS CACHE
      INCLUDING HI-EXPLOSIVE SEMTEX

      GIVE US LOVE, GIVE US PEACE
      GIVE US PERFECT HARMONY
      GIVE US HOPE, GIVE US GRACE HERE ON EARTH
      TAKE OUR STRAIN, TAKE OUR PAIN
      LET US COME BACK HOME AGAIN
      GIVE US LOVE, CHRISTMAS-CHILD EVERMORE

      THE FAMINE IN CENTRAL AFRICA IS ESCALATING
      THE RED CROSS REPORTS THAT PEOPLE
      ARE NOW DYING AT 4 A MINUTE
      THE U.N. HAVE RELEASED FIGURES TODAY
      THAT SHOW 36 NATIONS ARE PRESENTLY
      STILL IN A STATE OF WAR

      LAST MONTH WAS THE COLDEST ON RECORD IN BERLIN
      IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 100 HOMELESS
      HAVE DIED IN THE BIG FREEZE
      THE GUN SIEGE IN TEXAS HAS ENDED WITH FATALITIES

      YOU KNOW IT'S IN THE SEASON
      SO LET US KNOW THE REASON
      FOR OUR LIGHT AND HOPE TODAY ARE SO REAL
      ALL THE STRAIN OF LIVING
      AND THE PAIN THAT WE'RE IN
      THE CHRISTMAS-CHILD CAN HEAL


      words & music by A. P. Douglas/Gunter Hauser   C  1996 GEMA