Leave Them A Flower ((Dutch Version: Laat Ons Een Bloem (by Louis Neefs) - 1970)) Composer(s): Wally Whyton First release by: Wally Whyton - 1969 Covered by multiple other artists
I speak on behalf of the next generation My sons and my daughters their children to come What will you leave them for their recretion An oil slick, a pylon, an industrial slum?
Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow A hill and a valley, a view to the sea These things are not yours to destroy as you want to A gift given once for eternity
You plunder, you pillage, you tear and you tunnel Trees lying tumbled, roots reach for the sky Building a land for machines and computers In the name of progress the farms have to die
Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow A hill and a valley. a view to the sea These things are not yours to destroy as you want to A gift given once for eternity
Fish in the ocean, polluted and poisoned The sand on the beaches, all stinking and black You with your tankers, your banks and investments Say "Never worry, the birds will come back"
Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow A hill and a valley. a view to the sea These things are not yours to destroy as you want to A gift given once for eternity
When the last flower has dropped its last petal When the last concrete is finally laid The moon will shine cold on a nightmarish landscape Your gift to our children, this world that you made
Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow A hill and a valley. a view to the sea These things are not yours to destroy as you want to A gift given once for eternity
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