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This Old Earth

from Rough Cuts by Great Blue

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by Bob Zentz © 1974 Folk Legacy Records, BMI, 3:42
This song graphically portrays a rather apocalyptic vision of a very tired planet, and urges us to move our leaders to action. Speak up! Bob is glad we're singing this one -- it's one of his best.

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This Old Earth
By Bob Zentz ©1974 Folk Legacy Records, BMI)

Fragments of another sunset,
Ashes of another dawn,
Drowned in time’s immortal ocean,
All too soon it could be gone

This old earth has seen a lot of living,
This old earth, the stories she could tell,
This old earth is finished with the giving
This old earth we’ve used so well

Now the playground stands deserted,
In the yellow afternoon
And the cotton-candy children,
Have all gone home too soon

And the tree of knowledge trembles,
For the fruit was ours before
Will we be like Eden’s lovers,
Driven from the garden door.

What will it take from Nature,
And what must it take from Man,
For the future generations
To save the sky, the sea, the land,

This old earth has seen a lot of living,
This old earth, the stories she could tell,
This old earth is finished with the giving
This old earth we’ve used so well

So ask your child what really matters,
Ask your friends what they will do,
Ask the leaders you’ve elected (ask them!)
But the answer lies with you,

This old earth has seen a lot of living,
This old earth, we’ve used from end to end,
This old earth is finished with the giving
This old earth could use a friend.

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from Rough Cuts, released April 3, 2013
Great Blue
Shirl Lawrence and Steve Kaplan, vocals
Steve Kaplan, acoustic guitar
(Words and music by Bob Zentz © 1974 Folk Legacy Records, BMI, 3:42)

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Great Blue Estes Park, Colorado

Shirl Lawrence & Steve Kaplan (a/k/a Great Blue) have been making music for more than 3 decades. Their beautifully crafted harmonies have been heard at coffeehouses in the Hudson Valley. They now reside on the Front Range in Colorado, where they deliver songs to warm the heart and feed the soul. They named themselves “Great Blue” after the observant heron they often find during their kayak trips. ... more

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