My Fellow Inhabitants

Composed on Nov. 21st, 1977

Lyrics:

My fellow inhabitants of this planet: 
 let us take our stand here in this assembly of nations.
And let us see if we, in our own time, 
 can move the world towards a just and lasting peace.

Song in:

Chandelier, Part 1

Songs of Peace

Footnotes:

Closing words from the address by President John F. Kennedy to the UN General Assembly on 26 September 1963. Performed along with several other songs by Sri Chinmoy dedicated to the late President of the United States in two programmes at the United Nations organized by the Peace Meditation Group: one on 22 November 1977, televised live by WNBC-TV, and one on 21 November 1983, marking the 20th anniversary of his assassination.

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