UNITED NATIONS SONG STORY
 
"New York is the pulse of the free world and the United Nations is the keeper of that freedom.   
 
I was honored and delighted then to be selected as the first German artist to perform a peace concert for the United Nations. It was here that I first performed a song I wrote called"The United Nations Song".  It was such a success that I was invited to sing the song at several other huge United Nations events and at the Ringing of the Peace Bell Ceremony.
 
While in New York attending a meeting of the United Nations, I was invited by the Former Undersecretary General for a personal tour of the United Nations building and it's museum.  The museum was very enlightening!  It contains cultural artifacts from each member of the United Nations.  It is so amazing to walk through the United Nations and realize that here people from all over the world unite for one goal, peace.  While touring the museum, I came across a very unusual gift someone had donated to the United Nations.  It was a rifle and guitar combined.  The guitar neck was the rifle barrel.
   
As a musician I found this absolutely fascinating, it touched my heart..."Let's change guns into guitars".  I had tears in my eyes realizing that music really is a universal language that is so strong it can affect even the political arena.  The vision of
this guitar/rifle and the ability to change guns into guitars burned into my heart.  I remembered the song "We Are The World". 

This song touched the whole world and helped so many children. This is when I realized that the world is ready for a new songand that my "United Nations Song" is ready for the world".

 
United Nations Song (Lyrics)
 
ANYONE...OH, ANYONE  
CAN CHOOSE TO BELIEVE  
IN UNITY AND PEACE  
IT'S FOR ANYONE  
 
EVERYONE...OH, EVERYONE  
CAN LEND A HELPING HAND  
LOVE HIS FELLOW MAN  
IT'S FOR EVERYONE  
 
FATHERS AND MOTHERS  
SISTERS AND BROTHERS  
HAVE A SPECIAL DREAM  
LETS CHANGE GUNS  
INTO GUITARS  
FOR YOU AND ME  

UNITED HERE... UNITED THERE OH....OH  
UNITED HERE... UNITED THERE  
UNITED NATIONS  
 
EVERYWHERE...OH EVERYWHERE  
NO CONFLICT OR STRIFE  
JUST LIBERTY OF LIFE  
IT'S FOR EVERYONE  
 
ANYONE...OH, ANYONE  
CAN CHOOSE TO BELIEVE  
IN UNITY AND PEACE  
IT'S FOR ANYONE  
 
FATHERS AND MOTHERS  
SISTERS AND BROTHERS  
HAVE A SPECIAL DREAM  
LETS CHANGE GUNS  
INTO GUITARS  
FOR YOU AND ME  
 
UNITED HERE... UNITED THERE OH....OH  
UNITED HERE... UNITED THERE  
UNITED NATIONS  

Written by Wolfgang v. Hildebrandt