Green Country Lyrics - Singles - Naked Earth

Gather round, my children, and I'll tell you a tale of old 

"Trees" they were called, and they occupied the planet from pole to pole 

I heard one could climb them, and swing from their limbs 

Some even talked as they waved in the wind 

Picture this: a land never travelled 

Untouched by the greed of human desire 

Picture this: a land of self-realisation 

Where we all can discover how it all began 

Said I'm talking 'bout a green country 

The way it used to be 

Said I'm talking 'bout a green country 

Close your eyes and walk with me 

A green country was a thing of the past 

Let's dream of a day when a green country will live again 

The gentlest of giants no longer exists 

We cut them, we burned them, we cleared them away 

Forests and pastures, meadows and glades 

Teeming with life and fed by the rain 

A dominant colour rose from the ground 

Its shades were many, the air it would clean 

There once was a country 

Where everything was green, green, green, green, green 

Said I'm talking 'bout a green country 

The way it used to be 

Said I'm talking 'bout a green country 

Close your eyes and walk with me 

A green country was a thing of the past 

Let's dream of a day when a green country will live again 

Green, green 

Green country will live again 

Green, green 

Green country will live again... 

(Russ Ives; 1994 Naked Earth Productions)