Mother Earth & Daddy Earth went off to town one morning
Long before they left their home they gave their kids this warning
Please take care of what we share for future generations
Don’t leave them in deep despair and singing lamentations
Do kids listen - no they don’t
There’s no use a-wishin’ that they will because they won’t
Kids will always do, do, do - what you don’t want them to, to, to
Do kids listen - no they don’t
Once the land and air and sea - sang harmony together
Now they always disagree - and we have stormy weather
Warning bells within the throat of common sense and reason
Go unheard and what’s preferred is treachery & treason
Chorus:
What a tangle web we weave - upon this sea of sorrow
First we do ourselves deceive and then ignore tomorrow
Devil plays his banjo tune - apocalyptic horses
Dance upon the edge of doom with Mother Earth’s resources
Chorus:
Mother Earth and Daddy Earth once had a house of wonder
Now the kids who they gave birth have torn the place asunder
Folks aboard the glory train I hope they’re bound for heaven
They have lived their time in hell - for 24 and seven
Chorus:
Ending:
We have turned a sugar bowl - into a poisoned chalice
We have tortured nature’s soul - with thoughtlessness & malice
Everyman must leave this Earth - when comes their time of dying
Those who understand life’s worth - while here must keep on trying
