Sunday morning, I heard the preacher say
Thou shall not kill
I don´t wanna hear nothing else about killing
And that is God´s will

´Cause our children are watching us
They put their trust in us, they´re going be like us
So let´s learn from our history
And do it differently

Oh baby, I hope for more love, more joy and laughter
I hope we´ll have more than you´ll ever need
I hope we´ll have more happy ever afters
I hope and we can all live more fearlessly
And we can lose all the pain and misery
I hope, I hope

Oh Rosie, her man, he, gets too rough
And all she can say is he´s a good man
He don´t mean no harm
He was just brought up that way

Our children are watching us
They put their trust in us, they´re gonna be like us
It´s okay for us to disagree
And we can work it out lovingly

I hope for more love, joy and laughter
I hope you´ll have more than you´ll ever need
I hope you´ll have more happy ever afters
I hope and you can all live more fearlessly
And you can lose all your pain and misery
I hope, I hope, yes, you can

There must be a way
To change what´s going on
Oh no, I don´t have all the answers
But one thing

I hope for more love, more joy and laughter
I hope we´ll have more than you´ll ever need
I hope we´ll have more happy ever afters
I hope and we can all live more fearlessly
We can lose all the pain and the misery
I hope, I hope

Oh babe, all the pain and misery
I hope, I hope

Come on love, give me happiness
Love and peace
(I hope)
No more hating and hurting
I hope
Give me little love, baby
I hope

Don´t you know?
I´m hoping for love and happiness
(I hope)
Just to come my way

I hope