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Trees Eat Us All
My first carol of the season wasn't a Christmas carol. It was a permaculture one featuring Bill Mollison, the father of the movement. It's called Trees Eat Us All and it's by the Aussie, Charlie Mgee, of Formidable Vegetable Sound System. EnjoyI It's truly lovely. Here are the lyrics by Charlie Mgee
Designer, you’re now a recliner.
So long, and thanks for the yield,
And your tools left behind
Have all sharpened our minds
To keep growing the change in the field.
The future is looking quite shady
Under all the ideas that you’ve grown,
And to look out the window at food in the ground
Gives us power to face the unknown.
CHORUS:
But trees eat us all in the end,
So plant one for me when I’m gone,
And if you hear that I’ve died
You can tell ‘em they’ve lied.
I’m shading out somebody’s lawn.
Tapping into the rhizomes of wisdom,
You wove them all into a tale,
And with seeds in your
Pockets and dirt on your hands
You took us into the belly of the whale,
Took us into the belly of the whale.
So go an’ tell another
‘Cause your stories are food for the soul.
Help us to the see the forest for the trees
And ourselves as a part of the whole,
See ourselves as a part of the soul
CHORUS
Yeah, trees eat us all in the end,
So plant one for me when I’m gone,
And if you hear that I’ve died
You can tell ‘em they’ve lied.
I’m shading out somebody’s lawn.
Though the problems around us are many,
The answers come to us with ease:
Take care of the land,
Your friends, and your family,
And remember to plant lots of trees.
CHORUS:
‘Cause trees eat us all in the end,
So plant one for me when I’m gone,
Then if you hear that I’ve died
You can tell ‘em they’ve lied.
I’m shading out somebody’s lawn.
REPEAT CHORUS:
Yeah, well. Trees eat us all in the end,
So plant one for me when I’m gone,
And if you hear that I’ve died
You can tell ‘em they’ve lied.
I’m shading out somebody’s lawn.
10/25/2016 | (0) Comments
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