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​Songs evermore ( let's stop this daftness )

2/8/2019

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They're takin down trees, outside in our street 
I don't understand, it doesn't seem reet, 
Thev stood wind and rain, an two world wars, 
Thev stood much longer than thee and I knows 

An I know Council sez it's t' do wi' drains, 
an cracks in't pavements, but I think it's insane, 
how can you think that nature outdoors, 
can treted like someat your committee deplores 


They said it were National Tree Week next week
In your grand council chamber, where motions are passed
So let's plant a few so't folks see what we do
and with this token gesture we won't be harassed 

But that's not what I've heard, no not at all
A few saplings won't mend that hole in the wall
It won't fix that connection my grand fatha felt
when back in 1920 we had our first bit of green belt

and ever since then, when we've walked out our door
We've seen bright shoots of  hope and heard songs evermore
and understood what was meant by whispering loveliness
So let's  stand together and stop this fuckin' daft ness.
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