GREEN TREES

What child is there who wants to grow in toxic air and dis-ease?‘Cause all the children that I know love li-iving things and green trees Green trees are the lungs of earth and every child must know their worthGreen trees fill the air with life and offer us hope and healing Oh, forest trees, your gentle shadenow cools our warming planetyour roots hold fast the living earth and shelter its thriving inhabitantsGreen trees, oh pillars tall, you plead in silence your poignant call:Save, save our forests all! from loggers’ axes unheeding So may you grow, our guardians green your gifts forever givingand may you sow your precious seeds, restoring the lands now grievingGreen trees, we cherish you May humankind take care of youGreen trees, your life we need Our lives depend on your keeping