Album: Spread Your Wings and Fly: Live at the Fillmore East May 30, 1971

ooh

I'd like to sing you a new song called 'Mother Earth.'


deep brown earth

moon in the branches

have gone where

nightingales sing

I love him, body and soul

night songs pierce my ear

and ring



do you believe

in Mother Earth?

she will hear you

the earth smells of her

and God is her lover

she will hear you

with wisdom and love



life, I know

is the natural blues

natural like earth and God above

first step to heaven

is to pay your dues

roots and meanings flyin' love



do you believe

in Mother Earth?

she will hear you

the earth smells of her

and God is her lover

she will hear you

with wisdom and love



bless the train

on the cold snowy winter track

the wind takes you back home

and you may go

to the northwest passage

but never from your heart

must you roam



do you believe

in Mother Earth, child?

she will hear you

the earth smells of her

and God is her lover

she will hear you

with wisdom and love



deep brown earth

moon in my branches

have gone where

nightingales sing



ooh ooh ooh

ooh ooh ooh

ooh ooh



peace

and joy to the world

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