Gather round, my children, and I'll tell you a tale of old

"Trees" they were called, and they occupied the planet from pole to pole

I heard one could climb them, and swing from their limbs

Some even talked as they waved in the wind

Picture this: a land never travelled

Untouched by the greed of human desire

Picture this: a land of self-realisation

Where we all can discover how it all began

Said I'm talking 'bout a green country

The way it used to be

Said I'm talking 'bout a green country

Close your eyes and walk with me

A green country was a thing of the past

Let's dream of a day when a green country will live again

The gentlest of giants no longer exists

We cut them, we burned them, we cleared them away

Forests and pastures, meadows and glades

Teeming with life and fed by the rain

A dominant colour rose from the ground

Its shades were many, the air it would clean

There once was a country

Where everything was green, green, green, green, green

Said I'm talking 'bout a green country

The way it used to be

Said I'm talking 'bout a green country

Close your eyes and walk with me

A green country was a thing of the past

Let's dream of a day when a green country will live again

Green, green

Green country will live again

Green, green

Green country will live again...

(Russ Ives; ©1994 Naked Earth Productions)