apricot jam - Mother Earth Lyrics

Old man river comes along the bend
Thinking about how it once had been
Frogs would ribbit to the sound of the wind
The leaves wave back at them
The tree of life ever-splinterin
A new form comes and we call him man
He eats and shits like the rest of them
But only he can sin

Mother Earth is singing softly
You can hear it in the wind
Once this was the land of milk and honey
But we traded it all for some concrete, roast beef, and a bottle of gin

Tame the land, tame the seas
Kill what's native plant foreign trees
Who bear fruit far too sugary
And leaves that lose their green
Man is Sisyphus rolling his stone
And just like Icarus we fall from the sun
Pull that thread till it's all undone
While time keeps dragging on

Mother Earth is singing softly
You can hear it in the wind
Once this was the land of milk and honey
But we traded it all for some concrete, roast beef, and a bottle of gin

We don't know another way of living, so we keep hanging on
We don't know no other way but fighting, so we just burn it all
But we all know there ain't no other option, there ain't no other planet, no place to call our home
Might be f*cked cause nothing's really changing but if we just listen, listen very hard

Mother Earth is singing softly
You can hear it in the wind
Once this was the land of milk and honey
But we traded it all for some concrete, roast beef, and a bottle of gin
Mother Earth is singing softly
You can hear it in the wind
Once this was the land of milk and honey
But we traded it all for some concrete, roast beef, and a bottle of gin
Traded it all for some concrete, roast beef, and a bottle of gin
Traded it all for some concrete, roast beef, and a bottle of gin