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ABOUT THIS SONG After 13 years of teaching in public schools as a 4th Grade teacher in Paso Robles, California, where I went to school as a boy, I spent one year as a guest teacher in a Peace focused school. It was with an eclectic and multi-aged group of children from families who were conscious of the bigger pictures of life, and wanted their own to be educated in a life different from the "norm." It was a curious and frivolous year, as the children who became my charges were collectively interested in creating and performing musicals...yes, musicals. So, I spent my time writing the five musicals, and staging them with these wonderful children. One of the plays carried the theme of the hundredth monkey idea, where, when enough believe the same thing, then a larger shift takes place to suddenly lift the awareness of the whole. So, this little girl became convinced that she could save the world...and, in her depth of commitment, went to sleep to become the hundredth monkey energy that did change the world. This song, Save the Rain Forest, was the song that she heard before she made the change, the very one to fire her up. The song rolls in the key of A, firing up the Third Eye Chakra to set forth the new, essential vision to stop the raping and pillaging of our primary source of oxygen, the rain forests, just so there could be packaging and more meat for the fast food conglomerates. It describes the lush paradise of life contained in these remarkable ecosystems. It shouts, claims, inspires, and declares to save the rain forest...you can do a lot if you make choices now to support life affirming companies...and, yes, there is a growing number of conscious businesses that are discovering how to mutually benefit the pocketbook, the Earth, and all of life...who could ever think of harming, or do anything but love...the rain forest... |
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SONG LYRICS: SAVE THE RAINFOREST
Luscious green belt at Equator Circling the Earth Bringing precious life To everyone Garden of the ancient trees Some two hundred feet high Storing energy from the golden sun Underneath the canopy Magical diversity Half the species now alive Mother Nature glorified So beautiful Who could ever think of harming Or do anything but love the rainforest Water water everywhere Oxygen to feed the air Oldest ecosystem on the planet Vines and orchids parrots monkeys Cradles in the arms of the trees Such a paradise A forest enchanted Underneath the canopy You can feel the mystery Shaft of light comes Streaming down Can you hear The haunting sounds So beautiful Who could ever think of harming Or do anything but love the rainforest Save the rainforest Save the rainforest I have hoped and I have dreamed That people would wake up to see The importance of these trees To one and all I pray that I won’t live to see The felling of the last tall tree I won’t let that happen while I am alive Underneath the canopy Fires burning endlessly Cattle grazing lazily Natives stare in disbelief Oh… Who could ever think of harming Or do anything but love the rainforest Save the rainforest… ©1994. Music for Every Soul. All Rights Reserved. |
07 Save The Rainforest
