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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