Hello friend, I've come a callin'

Passively stationed, active patrol

Slidin' in at high noon like some reluctant sheriff

Not wanna get involved in it all

Who stands guard for each other?

Why must we guard anything at all?

Anything at all

From the earth's four corners the people are calling

Forming equations but the questions are hard

All men are brothers, killing each other

And Mother Earth is wringing in wonder

Who stands guard for each other?

Oh, why must we guard anything at all?

Anything at all

Whirl away now

Whirl away now

Whirl away now

Whirl away

There's a cross on the road, there's a great mill turnin'

Some seeking answers, some born to dancers

You can hold on the blade and turn around forever

Be flung into space into another kind of grace

Who stands guard for each other?

Oh, why must we guard anything at all?

Anything at all

Whirl away now

Whirl away now

Whirl away now

Whirl away

Whirl away now

Whirl away now

Whirl away now

Whirl away

Give ...

Some giveth their hand

Some giveth their land

Some giveth their life

You lay in the fields of grain, the staff of life all around you

But yet you, you will cut someone down

For their possessions, some material thing

And our children they're being blown away like wishes in the wind

For the sake of their coat

Or the colors of their coat

Or the color of their skin

Or the name on their shoes

And the mother cries

"Why they taken my son?"

And the father wonders

"Are they taking my boy?"

He extended his hand

He gave them his land

He gave them his bread

He gave them his heart

Said, "Hello friend"

Hello friend

Hello friend

Hello friend