Get Together
Love is but a song to sing.
Fear’s the way we die.
You can make the mountains ring.
Or make the angels cry.
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why.
Come on people now,
Smile on your brother.
Everybody get together.
Try to love one another Right now.
Some may come and some may go.
We shall surely pass.
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
Fading in the grass.
If you hear the song I sing
You will understand.
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand.
Just one key unlocks them both.
It’s there at you command.
~ Dino Valenti
Chester William “Chet” Powers, Jr. (October 7, 1937 – November 16, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, and the lead singer of the rock group Quicksilver Messenger Service. He was also known by the stage name Dino Valenti (alternatively rendered as Dino Valente) and, as a songwriter, as Jesse Oris Farrow. He is best known for writing the quintessential 1960s love-and-peace anthem “Let’s Get Together.”
