The words came to me as I listened to an instrumental tune "Farewell" by John Doan. I heard the words so clearly. It was one of "those moments" if you know what I mean.
If you click on the Farewell link below and listen, while you read, you just might get what I mean.
Farewell
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 THE WATER
AND MINE ALL THE 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 CONSUMPTION
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’VE 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
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