Mother Earth Blues

(Verse 1)  

You held us close in forest arms  

Fed our fires, calmed the storms  

But now we dig, we scar, we burn  

And still you wait for us to learn

(Verse 2)  

The skies grow dark, the oceans rise  

We turn away from your tired eyes  

Your breath is choked, your body bruised  

By children who your gifts abused

(Chorus)  

Oh, Mother Earth, we hear your cries  

Your heartbeat lost beneath our lies  

We took your soul and gave you pain  

Now pray for sun, but only rain

(Bridge)  

But still you bloom beneath our waste  

Still offer love we’ve yet to taste  

A wounded queen with open hand  

Still dreaming we will understand