Earth Shanty

Earth Shanty (2013 - Remaster) - The Groundhogs

Skyward fly the eagles as the hawks search out their prey

Seaward fly the seagulls catching

Fish beneath the spray

For their young amongst the shingle

To feed them for the day

Look back on this and linger seeking

Thoughts of yesterday

I recall all the scenes forgotten

Dreams of pastures green

Grey clouds all day provide a screen

From the sun that parched the

Land and robbed the sea

Left the dried-up burnt-out sand

And the moon mirror of the sun

Night-light of the world

Drags a blanket of cooling sea

Across the sand in furls

In the night when the stars provide

A reason for man to strive

He reasons that's the reason he's alive

Let the stars in the firmament remain as bait

For the people whose only wish is to

Leave their home let them wait

Their impatience is only matched by a

Misunderstanding of their fate

Let them get their priorities straight