The Great Green Earth

Lyrics

[Chorus] For the great green earth The ancient seas of our birth The patient trees that give us breath For the people of every land From the Ganges to the Rio Grande We shall defend the great green earth [Verse 1] Out of the fire and the molten stone Came the water mother ocean home 'Til we walked masters of the land Brought the fire under our command Thought the river would never go slack Thought the spring would always come back Blew our life savings for a handful of change Steal the future from our children call it capital gains [Chorus] Not for the great green earth The ancient seas of our birth The patient trees that give us breath For the people of every land From the Ganges to the Rio Grande We shall defend the great green earth [Verse 2] There's a hole in the sky so we put on a hat It's getting hot in here turn down the thermostat Drive to the office in a four by four Gotta hustle gotta muscle gotta buy more more more Pave another farm put a Walmart in Drop a bottle in the curbside bin What kind of world do we leave our kids Will they say well done or ask what we did [Chorus] For the great green earth The ancient seas of our birth The patient trees that give us breath For the people of every land From the Ganges to the Rio Grande We shall defend the great green earth [Verse 3] You talk about your private property We're talking 'bout the right to live and breathe You say everyone and everything has its price Well what's the dollar value of a human life You poison the well our grandchildren will drink Do you think about them do you even think This land is loaned to us in trust When you threaten the earth you're gonna reckon with us [Chorus] And the great green earth The ancient seas of our birth The patient trees that give us breath For the people of every land From the Ganges to the Rio Grande We shall defend the great green We shall defend the great green We shall defend the great green earth