Turn! Turn! Turn!

"Turn, Turn, Turn" is a song written by Pete Seeger and popularized in about 1965 by a single by The Byrds; it was also the title and first track of their second album. It is commonly interpreted as an admonishing plea for world peace, framed in a reading from the Old Testament's Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 ("To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under Heaven..."). Closer inspection of the lyrics, however, may indicate a painful recognition that sometimes killing and war may be the only answer, but it is also clear that Seeger did not find this to be the case with regard to the Vietnam War, or the Cold War in general: the last line, original with Seeger, reads as follows: "A time for peace, I swear it's not too late."

The song has been covered by a number of other artists, including folk singer Judy Collins and country singer Dolly Parton, as well as by Seeger himself.