gaia

james taylor

the sky was light and the land all dark

the sun rose up over central park. i was walking home from work

gaia. the petal sky and the rosy dawn

the world turning on the burning sun. sacred wet green one we live on

gaia. run

run

run

run said the automobile and it ran

run for your life

take to your heels. foolish school of fish on wheels

gaia

gaia

turn away from your animal kind

try to leave your body just to live in your mind. leave your cold cruel mother earth behind

gaia. as if you were your own creation

as if you were the chosen nation. the world around you

just a rude and dangerous invasion

gaia

gaia

gaia. someone's got to stop us now

save us from us gaia

no one's gonna stop us now. we thought we ought to walk awhile

so we left that town in a single file. up and up and up

mile after mile after mile. we reached the tree line and i dropped my pack

sat down on my haunches and i looked back down over the mountain

helpless and speechless and breathless

gaia. pray for the forest pray for the tree

pray for the fish in the deep blue sea. pray for yourself and for god's sake

say one for me

poor wretched unbeliever. someone's got to stop us now

save us from us gaia

no one's gonna stop us now.

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