All things had names when man existed He thought language was all his He fought and killed those he called brothers Above all other kind he is. I watched him cutting down the forest Acrid smoke rags in the air. Dying stumps a hellish horror Awesome damage every where. The juggernaut of human greed Got all confused with want and need. And so they passed with global warming Rubbish heaps with rats all swarming To leave the world when they have passed As nature means, with out their "help" A wilderness that teams with life And seas awash with fish and kelp Spiders and beetles every where And insects buzz that fills the air The wolf who howls over his den Does not live in fear of men
The mountain-tops are now unconquered The weather's wiped all trace of man Goats keep to the highest places Wild beasts catch them, if they can. No hand will reach out for the poison When the eagle's cry is heard Rust has eaten all the weapons No one will destroy the bird. But now I, the wild wind's spirit And my sister water sprite Tidy up the tattered planet And we put the world to rights I'll watch the birds and hear their songs And keep the woodland growing free The holly and the ivy green Left to grow as they should be. And I shall wander all the year Along the tracks made by the deer And I shall sing out as I pass And stoop to stroke the sighing grass.