Mother Earth

Mother Earth

Between the tumbling of the mountains
And the vastness of the sky
Lurks a power that we all dream of
None of us knows why.

She flies into a temper,
Every time she comes awake,
Lead us not into destruction 
With the mess that we now make.

Oh, mother earth, don't seal our fate!
I'm still standing in the light of day.

She's the great benign, she-wolf
Who gives breath to every life.
She's a builder and destroyer,
But she will not be sacrificed.

She flies into a temper
When thunder rapes the skies.
Our mother and protector
Through the interstices of time.

Oh, mother earth, don't seal our fate!
I'm still drowning in ultraviolet rays.

But in the temples where the children play
They've split the atom turning nighttime into day…

Oh, mother earth, don't seal our fate!
I'm still standing in the light of day.
Oh, mother earth, don't seal our fate!
I'm still standing in the light of day.

Oh, mother earth!