Song of the Earth

“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
It was not given to you by your parents
It was loaned to you by your children
It was not given to you by your parents
It was loaned to you by your children
Treat the earth well, treat the earth well
Treat the earth well, treat the earth well