9/11---Music for Peace

I think music is pretty powerful.  On this anniversary of 9/11 I've been thinking about bullies a lot.  I can't think of any better way to combat the Bullies of the World other than with music.   I know, sometimes people feel missiles and guns are better, and perhaps they are right.  I'll leave that method of combating tyrants to the people who can bring themselves to use those weapons of destruction.  I, for one, can't seeing myself using one.  I prefer a more peaceful approach. 
Song.
Last night I was busking on Walnut Street.  It was pretty busy.  I was singing a song and a medium-height man with shades walked up to me and stared me in the face, leaving about six inches between us.  He muttered something in a low voice to me.  I stopped singing, as his in-your-face approach was a little much for me to continue.  What is it you want, I asked.  He muttered something about giving him a dollar.  Then I noticed he was carrying a battery-run power drill.  He pulled the trigger, revving the motor, as he stared at me with his insect-sunglass eyes.  The drill actually had a sharp drill bit in it.  I took it to be a threat.  I said, please move on, and then I broke into song, right in his face.  I don't even remember what song it was.  But I belted it out with guitar, backed up by a healthy testosterone-pumped attitude.  My mugger backed down and moved on. 
If I had thought a little about my choice of song, I would have sung this one by John Lennon.  One of my favorite songs. 
Thank you, John Lennon, for leaving us with this song and giving the Bullies of the World something to think about.

Imagine
John Lennon

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one