1169 – Cat Stevens – Peace train (1971)

Escrita por Cat Stevens, foi gravada em março de 1971 e lançada em um compacto em setembro de 1871 com Where do the childrenplay? Como Lado B. Foi também lançada em 1 de outubro de 1971 no disco Teaser and the Firecat.

Chegou ao número 7 dos charts pop americanos e se tornou o primeiro TOP 10 de Stevens nos Estados Unidos. Ele disse que fez a canção em um trem e pensando em Alfred Hitchcock. Chegou também ao nímero 3 na Austrália e Canadá, e número 2 na Nova Zelandia.

Foi regravada por Dolly Parton, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Now I've been happy lately
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
Oh, I've been smiling lately
Dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be
Someday it's going to come

'Cause I'm on the edge of darkness
There ride the Peace Train
Oh, Peace Train take this country
Come take me home again

Now I've been smiling lately,
Thinkin' about the good things to come
And I believe it could be,
Something good has begun

Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train
Come on now Peace Train
Yes, Peace Train holy roller

Everyone jump upon the Peace Train
Come on now, Peace Train

Get your bags together,
Go bring your good friends, too
'Cause it's getting nearer,
It soon will be with you

Now come and join the living,
It's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer,
Soon it will all be true

Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train
Come on now Peace Train
Peace Train

Now I've been crying lately,
Thinkin' about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating,
Why can't we live in bliss

'Cause out on the edge of darkness,
There rides a Peace Train
Oh Peace Train take this country,
Come take me home again

Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train
Come on now, Peace Train
Yes, Peace Train holy roller

Everyone jump upon the Peace Train
Come on, come on, come on
Yes, come on, peace train
Yes, it's the peace train

Come on now, peace train
Oh, peace train

A versão de Cat Stevens:

A versão de Marie Miller:

A versão de Dolly Parton: