Earth

On the bank of this here river Where the old man strolls And on the surface of the water Where his laugh still rolls See the ripples in the water See the wrinkles on his face Last year he counted lilies And now he counts the days The old days ran away With the current of today Walk on old man, don't count your steps Walk on for the sake of time Walk on old man, don't look behind The past will sustain itself just fine Now take my young gaze and turn it around Help me to face my tomorrow Whisper courage in my ear And how to save this earth we borrow I was looking for a story I was hungry for a song And I dug deep into the flair Of my days so bright and young But I need the weight of history For my decades are still few Let me drink from this your river The rugged wisdom that is you My future flows away With the current of today Walk on old man, don't count your steps Walk on for the sake of time Walk on old man, don't look behind The past will sustain itself just fine Now take my young gaze and turn it around Help me to face my tomorrow Whisper courage in my ear And how to save this earth we borrow Teach me how to grow with nature Teach me how to write a song Teach me how to count my blessings And to let life make me strong Teach me how to tell a story That can stand the test of time To be humbled by the mountains And still cherish what is mine What am I to say What am I to pray Tell the ocean that we're sorry Tell its creatures to hold on Tell the stained air that we breathe That we recognize our wrong Take the soil you worked in your day And plough it with your stories Sow my tears deep into the ground Tell me we can still turn it all around Hand me the tools to build a bridge Between today and forever Show me where we've tied ourselves To habits we should sever Tell the creatures of the land That you fed with your own hand That for their loss I will not stand Now give me knowledge, give me courage Courage So I bathe me in the ocean I surrender to its waves Wash the guilt of generations Off my skin May its white salt purify us Its greatest mysteries never found May its chill wake us from slumber Turn around