THERE'S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE

IT’S CLEAR

IT’S CLEAN


IT’S FRESH


AND IT’S OURS


IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE’VE COME FROM
IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE


JUST


DO WE LOVE


WHERE WE STAND


AT THIS TIME

WE CAN DRINK ALL ITS WATER


AND MINE ALL IT’S COAL


BUT WHEN WE MIX THE TWO TOGETHER


IT TROUBLES HER SOUL


WE CAN TEST ALL THE BOMBS


AND DESTROY EVERY LAST TREE


AND THE ONLY THING IT REALLY DOES


IS ELIMINATE YOU AND ME


THE HARM THAT WE BRING


DOESN’T BOTHER THE LAND


WE ONLY HURT OURSELVES


BY FAILING TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THERE’S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE


IT’S CLEAR


IT’S CLEAN


IT’S FRESH


AND IT’S OURS


IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE’VE COME FROM


IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE


JUST


DO WE LOVE


WHERE WE STAND


AT THIS TIME

WE ARE GIVEN ALL THE TREASURES


THAT ANYONE COULD USE


BUT IF WE DON’T HAVE VISION


THEN ALL WE DO IS LOSE


WE DUMP OUR PROBLEMS


IN EVERY OCEAN, RIVER AND STREAM


WE LIVE BY A CODE OF COMSUMPTION


THAT DARKENS EVERY DREAM


WE THINK THAT OIL IS OUR GOLD


BECAUSE IT MOVES MACHINES AND MAN


AND ALL IT REALLY DOES


IS REMOVE THE SPRINGS OF LAND


WE NEED THAT SPECIAL CRUDE


BECAUSE WE’VE IGNORED OTHER WAYS


AND ALL WE’VE ENDED UP WITH


IS COUGHING THROUGH A HAZE


OUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN


WILL REALLY PAY THE PRICE


AND JUST THAT THOUGHT ALONE


DOESN’T MAKE US VERY NICE


AND WHEN THE DUST HAS FINALLY SETTLED


AND ALL THE BILLS HAVE BEEN PAID


IT IS ONLY THE SIMPLE FACT


THAT’S THERE’S ONE MISTAKE WE MADE


WE THOUGHT WE CONTROLLED THE EARTH


BY DOMINATING THE LAND


AND IT SIMPLY COMES DOWN TO ONE THING


THAT WE


JUST DIDN’T UNDERSTAND

THAT THERE’S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE


IT’S CLEAR


IT’S CLEAN


IT’S FRESH


AND IT’S OURS


IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE COME FROM


IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE


JUST


DO WE LOVE


WHERE WE STAND


AT THIS TIME
 
Have a nice Earth Day
 
Michael Timothy McAlevey