Green Trees

What child is there who wants to grow in toxic air and dis-ease? ‘Cause all the children that I know love li-iving things and green trees Green trees are the lungs of earth and every child must know their worth Green trees fill the air with life and offer us hope and healing Oh, forest trees, your gentle shade now cools our warming planet your roots hold fast the living earth and shelter its thriving inhabitants Green trees, oh pillars tall, you plead in silence your poignant call: Save, save our forests all! from loggers’ axes unheeding So may you grow, our guardians green your gifts forever giving and may you sow your precious seeds, restoring the lands now grieving Green trees, we cherish you May humankind take care of you Green trees, your life we need Our lives depend on your keeping