Story Behind The Song
"Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money."
-- Cree Indian Prophecy
Song Length |
3:25 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Folk - General |
Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Troubled |
Subject |
Earth |
Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
I live on the Missouri River
Where my people were moved before the flood
I recall when its surface shimmered
But the water has become thick as mud
This land that you're excavating
It lives and breathes under your feet
And the plants that you're suffocating
Remember when the air was sweet
Cause they take in what you put out
Yeah, you take in what you put out
So when the forests have no trees
And when the fish have left the seas
And when the earth's given up
Don't you know, you can't eat money
This country is confusing
We're not the free, you're not the brave
You fight a battle that we're all losing
To bury dollars in your grave
Cause you take in what you put out
And the blood is on your hands
And when the forests have no trees
And the fish have left the seas
And when the earth's given up
Don't you know, you can't eat money
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