The Good Earth (Previously Unissued)

When i was a child and the road was dark

And the way was long and alone

My heart would lift as i turned the bend and saw the lights of home

Now high above in a silent sky

In a still and starry space

A man looks down on the earth below

And that blue and green and shining glow

To him is the lights of home

It's the good earth yes the good earth

It's a land of sun and rain and snow

And mulberry trees and mistletoe

And burning plains and raging seas

And sunday morning taking your ease

Watching your children grow

It's the good earth yes the good earth

Where we fought and loved and killed and died

And ruined and ravished the countryside

But now from a million miles away

From another world that's cold and gray

Someone is able to look and say

That's the good earth

So isn't it time we stopped the tears

We've lived together for thousands of years

And whether i'm wrong and whether you're right

Whether you're black and whether i'm white

One day we'll stand on the edge of the world

And someone will ask us the land of our birth

And we'll look into his eyes and quietly say

It's the good earth yes the good earth

Why can't we be good on the good earth

The Good Earth - The Monkees