Soon the Earth Shall Swallow
If they fill the dirt with water make them drink
If they fill the dirt with water make them drink
A tar pit like a heart exposed, an empty chest of liquid gold
The slurry of a long and broken nose
If they're poaching in the ocean drag them down
If they're poaching in the ocean drag them down
Cause everything a net can fill is fair to catch and free to kill
They can until they drown and so they will
Holy roller, space and time
Keep my children under
Watchful sight and mindful eyes
As they've been known to wander
Holy roller, time and space
A garden bench to borrow
Rest your head and hide your face
For soon the earth shall swallow
If the seeds are stamped by lawyers hide your corn
If the seeds are stamped by lawyers hide your corn
They'll send the scarecrows out to reap a harvest that The Man can keep
And keep the chaff as hungry as they need
If they're banging on their cages hose them down
If they're banging on their cages hose them down
When times are tough the bars get greased, and all that shines shall beg release
So let them beg but don't let them out for free
Refrain
If they take away your children don't be sad
If they take away your children don't be sad
Cause if all the fruit and all the seeds and all the fish in all the seas
Are gone then what's to feed a child's dreams