13. STANDING PEOPLE

IN THE DARKNESS THERE IS SCREAMING
A STRANGE AND HIGH-PITCHED WHINE
DEEP IN THE FOREST HOW THE EARTH SHAKES
A DESECRATED SHRINE
DOES NO-ONE CARE? DOES NO-ONE DARE TO SPEAK?
STAND UP FOR THE STANDING PEOPLE

BRANCHES CRASHING WITH THE SUNRISE
THE BLOOD-RED SHADOWS SPREAD
AS ANCIENT GUARDIANS OF POWER
WHO ONCE TOWERED NOW LIE DEAD
DOES NO-ONE SEE? DOES NO-ONE DARE TO SPEAK?
STAND UP FOR THE STANDING PEOPLE

ONLY WHEN THE LAST TREE HAS BEEN CUT
ONLY WHEN THE LAST RIVER POISONED
ONLY WHEN THE LAST FISH HAS BEEN CAUGHT
WILL THEY FIND OUT THAT MONEY CANNOT BE EATEN
BUT THE EARTH WILL NOT BE BEATEN!

(spoken) IT IS THE DUTY OF MAN TO PRESERVE THE EARTH AND THE
CREATION OF THE GREAT SPIRIT, MAN BEING BUT A GRAIN OF SAND IN
THE HOLY CIRCLE WHICH ENCLOSES ALL LIFE. HE MUST REALISE THAT THIS PLANET DOES NOT BELONG TO HIM BUT THAT HE HAS TO CARE FOR AND MAINTAIN THE DELICATE BALANCE OF NATURE FOR THE SAKE OF THE WELLBEING OF OUR CHILDREN AND OF ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS (White Cloud)

DON’T TALK TO ME ABOUT BUREAUCRACY
DON’T TELL ME I’M INSANE
DON’T LOCK ME UP INSIDE A CAGE OF LIES
THE TRUTH WILL STILL REMAIN
BECAUSE I CARE, BECAUSE I DARE TO SPEAK
STAND UP FOR THE STANDING PEOPLE

ONLY WHEN THE LAST TREE HAS BEEN CUT
ONLY WHEN THE LAST RIVER POISONED
ONLY WHEN THE LAST FISH HAS BEEN CAUGHT
WILL THEY FIND OUT THAT MONEY CANNOT BE EATEN
BUT THE EARTH WILL NOT BE BEATEN!