I'm gatherin' up my friends today

and those who recognize the face

as the vision that changed my mind

from hate to faith

was as simple as grapes to wine and

sweet as

I'm gatherin' up my friends today

all these hookers and soldiers and swine

and would be saints

all alone in their rooms that sparkle in

their eye

play a song that they'll come outside

to see if

love will overcome

if this love will make us men

love will draw us in

to wipe our tears away

the day that I was so sweetly sung

by the wind and the thunder moved by

"someone"

the feelin' of being lived was so strong

the giver became the gift, all one

the day that I was so sweetly sung

the wind seemed to whisper softly, "oh

son,

don't wait for the seas to part or

messiahs to come

don't sit around and waste this chance, to

see it!"

love will overcome

if this love will make us men

love will draw us in

to take our fear away

LOVE

LOVE

LOVE

LOVE, hey, yeah

love, this day now, this day that I was so

sweetly sung, I know, I know that

love will overcome

love will overcome

if this love will make us men

love will draw us in

to take our fear away, wipe our tears

away

love!

and all my friends are here

in the city I sing my song

in the face of the hooker, the soldier, the

swine

I found it, I found it, I found love!!!!!

love will, love will, love will,

overcome

overcome