Don’t be my enemy
Be my brother
Be my friend
Don’t be my enemy
When you don’t have to be
Don’t be my enemy
Be my sister
Be my friend
Don’t be my enemy
When you don’t have to be
Can you crawl, can you bow
Where I laid my life down
Can you repent the wrongs you’ve done
Where I paid the price for them
Don’t be my enemy
Don’t be my enemy
Be my mother
Be my friend
Don’t be my enemy
When you don’t have to be
Can you bow, can you bend
Where I laid my life down for my friends
Can you fall on your knees
Where I put away our enemity
Don’t be my enemy
Were you hurt by what I did?
But wounds from a friend can be trusted
See, I have wounds of my own
I left you free
I made a way
I made a way back to me
I left you free
I made a way
I made a way back to me
Don’t be my enemy…
Be my brother, be my fiend
Be my sister, be my friend
Be my mother
Be my lover, be my spouse
But don’t be enemy
When you don’t have to be
© Paul Harvey, 2009