I heard about these kids walkin' on a train track   Forty tons of steel bearin' down on them    And they just turned their backs   Channel 5 asked the one who survived   "Son, why'd you do such a thing?"   No reply but his eyes cried      (chorus)    Peace, I just need some peace   If I have to, I'll do anything   Don't need your love or your sympathy   But I cannot got on living without peace      I know a man who sits and stares at kitchen cabinet door   He hides a whiskey bottle he hasn't touched since   Well, this is day four   He told his wife, this time he would try   She was just about to leave   No reply but her eyes cried      (chorus)      I have a friend who's looking for God   A few good self-help books is as far as she's gotten   Say a prayer tonight for that desperate child   Say a prayer tonight for that man and his wife   Say a prayer for the hurtin' searchin' for the one thing we all need   If you don't know what to say   Look up to Heaven's face   And pray peace