Peace And Understanding (Is Hard To Find)

Lyrics: DeWalt, Teasley, Harville
Music: DeWalt, Teasley, Harville

A Junior Walker song, played by Bob Weir with Kingfish in the 1970s. These are the lyrics as best I can make them out in the recording I've got (17 Nov 1974):

I'm a mixed up child
Seems like everybody in the world is running wild
I ain't no [murderer?] and I ain't no bum
[Now plenty says] and you know I ain't dumb
But these crazy people they drive me out of my mind
Peace and understanding is so very hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find

Man is lost
Man is lost in this mixed up world
I'm in love with a crazy girl
[About five foot four, five foot five]
I slipped and fell right on the floor
Now these crazy people they drive me out of my mind
Peace and understanding is so very hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find

I'm a mixed up child
Seems like everybody in the world is running wild
I ain't no [murderer?] and I ain't no bum
[Plenty] says and you know I ain't done
But these crazy people they drive me out of my mind
Peace and understanding is so very hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Ain't it true

Peace, peace, peace
Talking about peace

I'm a mixed up child
Seems like everybody in the world is running wild
I ain't no [murderer?] and I ain't no bum
Got pretty [?] and you know I ain't dumb
But these crazy people drive me out of my mind
Peace and understanding is very hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find

Mama's in the kitchen, baking her bread
Little brother was [basing?] out of his head
Outside, through the door
I slipped and fell right on the floor
Peace and understanding is hard to find

I'm sad and weary as a man can be
And I'm tired of people always bugging me
I'm a man, Lord, in this mixed up world
I fell in love, boy, with a crazy girl
She's always talking about having fun
But you can't do that and get worried [done]
Peace and understanding is hard to find

Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find
Peace and understanding is hard to find