Guardian website running a decent brief piece on the above
Harvest for the World was a reference to a line – “Send labourers into the Lord’s harvest” – from the gospel of Matthew. The rest of the song came pretty quickly. The last verse was: “Dress me up for battle, when all I want is peace / Those of us who pay the price, come home with the least / Nation after nation, turning into beast.”
How the Isley Brothers made Harvest for the World
Guardian website running a decent brief piece on the above
Harvest for the World was a reference to a line – “Send labourers into the Lord’s harvest” – from the gospel of Matthew. The rest of the song came pretty quickly. The last verse was: “Dress me up for battle, when all I want is peace / Those of us who pay the price, come home with the least / Nation after nation, turning into beast.”
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/06/ernie-and-ron-isley-how-we-made-harvest-for-the-world-isley-brothers