Song of the Earth Songtext
von Tom Chapin

There is a song
A song without a word
Whispered the wind, and I overheard
It sings in summer showers in the music of the rain
Fall 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 the 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 in the earth
It's a newborn baby's birth


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)
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)

Treat the earth well
Treat the earth well
Treat the earth well
Treat the earth well