Gonna Get Through This World is the Peace Song of the Day for 11/28/2011. The lyrics were written by Woody Guthrie in 1945. The words were put to music by Lisa Gutkin of The Klezmatics in 2003. Arlo Guthrie and family performed this song at Carnegie Hall this past Saturday, November 26, 2011.

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Excerpt from lyrics below.
Full lyrics at the Woody Guthrie website

Gonna Get Through This World
Words by Woody Guthrie, 1945,
Music by Lisa Gutkin (The Klezmatics), 2003
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I’m gonna walk in this world
The best I can if I can
I am gonna talk in this world
The best I can if I can
I’m gonna get through this world
The best I can.
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di di di
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Well, I’m gonna clean up this world
The best I can if I can
And I’m gonna clean up this world
And I think I can…

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The Peace Song of the Day is a project of Peace Couple. We believe that one of the paths to peace is to find soulful and nonviolent entertainment, and to express oneself with art and song.