[*(Inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator)] [Verse 1] I don’t want to be an emperor, that was never my design. Not to conquer or to rule you, only to stand by your side. Jew or Gentile, black or white, we are woven in one thread. We were made to share in joy, not in misery instead. [Chorus] The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. More than machines we need humanity, more than cleverness, we need grace. We think too much and feel too little, but love can light the day. The way of life can be free and beautiful, if we don’t lose the way. [Verse 2] Greed has poisoned human souls, built up walls of fear and hate. Led us marching into bloodshed, turned abundance into waste. We are faster but we’re lonelier, cynical and unkind. But beneath the cold machinery still beats the human mind. [Chorus] The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. More than machines we need humanity, more than cleverness, we need grace. We think too much and feel too little, but love can light the day. The way of life can be free and beautiful, if we don’t lose the way. [Final Chorus] The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we must find the way. With kindness, mercy, gentleness, let the heart have its say. We think too much and feel too little, but hope will light the day. The way of life can be free and beautiful, if we don’t lose the way. [fade to end]
