Apologies to U2.

Heaven on Earth.
We need it now.
I'm sick of all of this...
hanging around.
Sick of sorrow.
Sick of pain.
Sick of hearing again and again,
that there's gonna be...
Peace on Earth.

Where I grew up...
there weren't many trees.
Where there were, we'd tear them down
and use them on our enemies.
They say that what you mock
will surely overtake you...
and you become a monster,
so the monster will not break you.

It's already gone too far...
Who said that if you go in hard,
you won't get hurt?

Jesus could you take the time
to throw a drowning man a line?
Peace on Earth.
Tell the ones who hear no sound
whose (fathers and) sons are living in the ground
Peace on Earth.
No whos or whys
No-one cries, like a mother cries,
for peace on Earth.
She never got to say goodbye,
to see the coloor in his eyes,
now he's in the dirt...

Peace on Earth.

They're reading names out, over the radio
All the folks the rest of us, won't get to know...
Sean and Julia, Gareth, Ann and Breda
Rafael and Wenjian, Trayvon, Miriam and Tamir...
Their lives are bigger, than any big ideas.

Jesus can you take the time
To throw a drowning man a line?
Peace on Earth.
To tell the ones who hear no sound
whose sons are living in the ground...
Peace on Earth.

Jesus in this song you wrote,
the words are sticking in my throat...
Peace on Earth.

Hear it every Christmas time
but hope and history won't rhyme...
So what's it worth?
This peace on Earth?

Peace on Earth.

The list of names grows...

Rafael Ramos, a two-year veteran of the NYPD, had celebrated his 40th birthday on Dec. 12. Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Ramos was a school safety officer before fulfilling his lifelong dream was to be an NYPD cop.

Rosie Orengo, a friend of Ramos, said he was very involved in the church and encouraged others in their marriages.

"He was an amazing man. He was the best father and husband and friend," she said. "Our peace is knowing that he's OK, and we'll see him in heaven."

Ramos' partner Wenjian Liu, who was married two months ago, was also shot and killed today in Brooklyn. They were ambushed while sitting in an NYPD car, city officials said.

"We met the parents of Officer Liu, the woman he recently married," Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "We met the wife of Officer Ramos. We met his 13-year-old son, who couldn't comprehend what had happened to his father."

Here's another song classic you might know...

Let there be peace on earth
And let it begin with me.

Let there be peace on earth
The peace that was meant to be.

With God as our father
Brothers all are we.

Let me walk with my brother
In perfect harmony.

Let peace begin with me
Let this be the moment now.

With every step i take
Let this be my solemn vow:
To take each moment,
and Live each moment
in peace eternally...

Let ther be peace on earth,
and let it begin with me.

Make it a great day, everyone...
and hey? Let's Be Careful Out There.
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ADDED: Confidential to Nick Kristof of the NYTimes: Please send up two Haitians then to "replace" the fallen officers. They are needed, STAT. #WhenColumnistsJustDon'tGetIt.