Leave Them A Flower

(D)I speak on be(G)half of the (A)next gener(D)ation, My sons and my (G)daughters their (A)children to (D)come. What will you (G)leave them for (A)their recre(D)tion, An oil slick, a (G)pylon, an (A)industrial (D)slum ? (C)Leave them a flower, some grass and a (G)hedgerow, A (F)hill and a valley. a (G)view to the sea. These (C)things are not yours to destroy as you (G)want to. A (F)gift given once for (G)eternity. You plunder, you pillage, you tear and you tunnel, Trees lying tumbled, roots reach for the sky. Building a land for machines and computers, In the name of progress the farms have to die. Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow, A hill and a valley. a view to the sea. These things are not yours to destroy as you want to. A gift given once for eternity. Fish in the ocean, polluted and poisoned, The sand on the beaches, all stinking and black, You with your tankers, your banks and investments, Say "Never worry, the birds will come back". Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow, A hill and a valley. a view to the sea. These things are not yours to destroy as you want to. A gift given once for eternity. When the last flower has dropped its last petal, When the last concrete is finally laid. The moon will shine cold on a nightmarish landscape, Your gift to our children, this world that you made. Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow, A hill and a valley. a view to the sea. These things are not yours to destroy as you want to. A gift given once for eternity.