[intro, start slow the build up] [verse] there was a fishhawk on the telephone pole happily eating his dinner way up high far from the alligators and all the other predators in the background there were dark clouds with an occasional burst of lightning I was sitting at a pic-a-nic table the fish in the canal we're jumping and all of the campers were camping off in the distance children playing out of the blue a blackbird started singing out of the southeast a cool wind was blowing I was in my thoughts and praying for peace in the land where I've been living [chorus] I love peace of mind I watch the devil come and go and I have seen him find [solo] [verse] yeah I was being grateful for the peace around me and I know sometimes you have to fight because peace of mind is not always easy [chorus] I love peace of mind I watch the devil come and go and I have seen him find [solo] [bridge] I'd like to think that we all crave peace of mind but I know some prefer thoughts of lust and crime and all those things of a tortured mind [music] How could they be so blind (how could they be so blind) [solo] [musical introlude] [chorus] I love peace of mind I watch the devil come and go and I have seen him find [solo] [ outro]
