Song Of The Earth

Song Of The Earth
by Michael Mark, Tom Chapin & John Forster
© 1996 HCD Music, The Last Music Co. & Limousine Music Co. (ASCAP)

“There is a song, a song without a word”
Whispered the wind and I overheard.
It sings in summer showers
And the music of the rain
Falling on the growing grain.

“There is a song, a song without a word”
Whispered the sea and I overheard.
It burbles in the brooks and streams
And rivers running clear,
If you listen you can hear…
Listen! you can hear it.
Listen! you can hear it
In the echoes of the endless ocean swell
Treat the earth well, treat the earth well.
Treat the earth well, treat the earth well.

“There is a song, a song without a word”
Whispered the trees and I overheard.
It’s buzzing like the bees
Among the flowers in the dell
And it sings inside a shell…
Treat the earth well, treat the earth well.

“There is a song, a song without a word”
Whispered the stars and I overheard.
It’s the lonely cry of the coyote
Howling at the moon,
And the calling of a loon.
Listen! you can hear it.
Listen! you can hear it
In the hoofbeats of the zebra and gazelle.
Treat the earth well, treat the earth well.
Treat the earth well, treat the earth well.

“There is a song, a song without a word”
Whispered the sun and I overheard.
It’s every springtime blade of grass
That struggles from the earth,
It’s a newborn baby’s birth.
Treat the earth well, treat the earth well.

“There is a song, a song without a word”
Whispered the earth and I overheard.
If you listen you can hear it
And you’ll learn to sing along
To the never-ending song.
Treat the earth well, treat the earth well.
Treat the earth well, treat the earth well.
Treat the earth well,
It was not given to you by your parents,
Treat the earth well,
It was loaned to you by your children.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's At The Turning Point CD.

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