An old song by Louis Neefs, died i a car crash on Christmas day 1980 but very actual these days. The originally song was written by Wally Whyton in 1969 (Leave us a Flower) https://youtube/watch?v=71wghw75fQs 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 I speak on behalf of the next generation My sons and daughters, their children to come What will you leave them for their recreation 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 and pillage, you tear and you tunnel Trees lying toppled, roots finger 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 stinking and black And 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 your 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 A gift given once for eternity for eternity for eternity for eternity for eternity
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:39:18 +0000
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