[Verse 1]
If you were a Muslim
And I was a Jew
If I were a Mennonite
And you were an Hindu
Would we exchange
The weight of these chains?
Chains of belief
And the carnage on the trains
To turn over a new leaf

[Verse 2]
If I had been God
I would not have chosen anyone
I would have laid an even hand
On all my children, every one
Would have been content
To forgo Ramadan and Lent
Time better spent
In the company of friends
Breaking bread and mending nets