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Sensitive wind sweeping over the trees,
So calm and warm
is the gentle breeze.
As autumn coats creation brown,
Unanchored leaves
descend to the ground,
And a small herd of deer grazes near by,
As an
eagle soars above in the sky.
Mammals small and large find a cold
drink,
As rivers, lakes and streams supply a thirsty link.
Mother Earth
has offered food, and lodging for many,
For thousands of years there has
always been plenty,
But now comes corporate America with money in
hand,
And the capitalist will profit from the beauty of your land.
Unacceptable logging, cutting and pulverizing the
ground,
Polluting water beds and tearing wildlife habitat
down.
Unsanctioned mining for silver, coal and gold,
Chemicals poisoning
animals young and old.
Delicate plant and near extinct species executed for
greed,
And excellent soil will not accept the contaminated
seed.
Government agencies impair and deceive public outcry
And the native
land begins to slowly deteriorate and die.
Mother Earth has offered food,
and lodging for many,
For thousands of years there has always been
plenty,
But now comes corporate America with money in hand,
And the
capitalist will profit from the beauty of your land.
The native territory contributes historical pages of
times,
While archaeological summaries represent various kinds
Tribal
ceremonial areas and sacred burial spots,
Now sold for enterprise and
commercial lots.
Medicine plants and food gathering places
Offered up for
corrupt industry and business spaces.
Indeed traditional land values full of
sensation,
Now envisioned from illegal reservations.
Mother Earth has
offered food, and lodging for many,
For thousands of years there has always
been plenty,
But now comes corporate America with money in hand,
And the
capitalist will profit from the beauty of your land.
To the Indian the land was their church and holy
book,
Filled with sacred values and plenty of food to cook.
For time
immemorial it was their home
And with all the wildlife they were never
alone.
Non-Indians will forever desecrate the land
And will the Indian
alone take up the stand,
To fight against those who profit for greed?
To
fight against those who make Mother Earth bleed?
Mother Earth has offered
food, and lodging for many,
For thousands of years there has always been
plenty,
But now comes corporate America with money in hand,
And the
capitalist will profit from the beauty of your land.
From hunting, fishing and hiking,
To camping, boating and
biking,
A people found enjoyment upon the land,
Provided by the forest,
hills, dirt and sand.
Now corporate greed does sabotage and pollute,
And
a God-fearing people could care less or give a hoot.
Once a land considered
overflowing with milk and honey,
Today genuinely spoiled and mutilated for
money.
Mother Earth has offered food, and lodging for many,
For thousands
of years there has always been plenty,
But now comes corporate America with
money in hand,
And the capitalist will profit from the beauty of your
land.
Gangs, drugs and alcohol consuming time,
Illicit intimacy
and corrupt music destroying the mind.
All the while there is no one left to
care,
To help protect the land they should share.
Of all the people there
should be a unity bond,
But because there is not the mother country will
soon be gone.
Wildlife and habitat wiped out without a say,
A land
without a place for futures children to stay,
So America while you laugh,
giggle and play,
Remember you need to discover a way,
To save your public
lands from vanishing away!
Remember.....
Mother Earth offers food, and
lodging for many,
For thousands of years more there will always be
plenty,
But if corporate America comes with money in hand,
The capitalist
will profit from the beauty of your land!
