Lyrics of Reason and Experience

Troubled Mother Earth

86 Troubled Mother Earth My heart All wounds Bleeding Weeping For ozone my friend Crying For mother earth my sister And her loving daughters River Forest And atmosphere I plead Day and night To ears that never hear To eyes that never see To hearts that never feel They listen not when I tell them the news That ozone layer is now all holes Broken That thick rain forest over there is now history That the water in that river is now tea with milk That the grounds by the city are now pain in the neck Havens of rats where all, big and small, hold their meetings even during the day Hives of flies where all, small and the green bombers, hold their rallies all day 87 Only yesterday I told them breaking news That the other forest by the river is only smoke that staggers skywards Threatening mother earth a lifeless burnt cinder Poisoning the very air they share with all others But their ears All concrete They seem not to care As the mindless zombies of the desert They exploit as if they will all die today They burn as if they breathe only smoke They pollute water as if they bathe not They harvest as if they want to migrate to another planet today Troubling our mother earth Is this not our common heritage Mother earth That with glean hope God endowed with all treasure? ...