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very meaningful lyrics. Here's two of my favorites.

"Oh Mother Earth" by the Laurie Star Duo (close friends of my family)

Oh Mother Earth, who knows more about the blues?
You are raped and trampled, Beaten and abused
Oh Sacred Wilderness, Forever Man has scarred
Cut and burned you, sold in chains
As priceless as you are.

I am just one voice alone, born of mother earth
One voice raised in sadness to your slow and mournful death
Singing in the darkness, praying for the light
If I could trade my life for your's
I'd surely die tonight.

Oh precious Ocean, Island and the reef
Gentle swimming Dolphins, will you ever know releif?
Miles and miles of nets and poisons left to drift at sea
Oh precious ocean, I feel your misery.

And oh to the children, so simple and so pure,
Left to live a life of greed, like their father's led before
Will they know the eagle? Know the owl in the wild?
Nature's hidden promise to the sad and simple child.

Oh mother earth, who knows more about the blues?
You are raped and trampled, beaten and abused
Oh sacred wilderness, forever man has scarred
Cut and burned you, sold in chains
As priceless as you are.

I am just one voice alone, born of mother earth
One voiced raised in sadness of your slow and mournful death
Singing in the darkness, praying for the light
If I could trade my life for yours
I'd surely die tonight.

"Barefoot Boy" by Harry Chapin (Yes, I like old music. Leave me alone)

Oh, barefoot boy
Once he came unto a land
Forests and the streams that tumbled
Through the river, to the sea
He called it home
for many worries wandered
And he learned to live upon the land
taking only what he needed.

Barefoot boy!
He don't like your concrete
And he seeks the country any way he can
Barefoot boy!
He's fading down your street
and you know he'll never come this way again

And time passes on
In this life of always changing
People coming building cities
Cut your forests, pave your highways
Oh barefoot boy,
He wraps his blanket 'round his shoulders
Says goodbye, to Mister Mountain
And once more he sets off to wander

Barefoot Boy!
He don't like your concrete
And he seeks the country any way he can
Barefoot Boy!
He's fading down your street
Yes you know he'll never come this way again.

Sorry, couldn't resist, two of my favorite songs in THE WORLD! Both artists have some absolutely gorgeous songs with a lot of meaning behind the lyrics.

AWESOME songs, everyone!
Also awesome is this Chinese song I know, and translated it's roughly:

High, high fertile mountains
Winding waters
Blue, blue, blue sky
Clouds bunched up
Green, green forest
Twisting wind
And happy animals

High, high fertile mountains
Winding waters
Blue, blue, blue sky
Clouds bunched up
Green, green forest
Twisting wind
I love nature.

Heres a song I really like
its by Josh Gorban

You Raise Me Up

When I am down
and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come
and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still
and wait here in the silence,
Until you come
and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up,
to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong,
when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up:
To more than I can be.

You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up,
to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong,
when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up:
To more than I can be.

There is no life -
no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart
beats so imperfectly;
But when you come
and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think
I glimpse eternity.

You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up,
to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong,
when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up:
To more than I can be.

You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up,
to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong,
when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up:
To more than I can be.

http://www.redsal.com/joshgroban/youraise.htm

This is a beautiful song by the Levellers

Maid of the River

She's the maid of the river
So beautifully plain
As fresh as the country
That gave her her name
As crisp as the snow
And as swift as the rain
She shone like the sun
Before all of our games
She shone like a jewel
But her price was not gold
She cried more than most
When her story was told
But her people were evil
Left her baron and cold
And her heart went to market
Where her body was sold


I said hey hey won't you take me away
Because I can't see the point
In the dawn of the day
When so many killers gonna take you away
And leave little left except hatred

She's the goddess of love
The goddess in green
The goddess of all
That I've ever seen
Goddess of hope
The goddess in brown
The goddess of all
That you've burned to the ground

As fresh as the country
That gave her her name
As crisp as the snow
And as swift as the rain
She shone like the sun
Before all of our games
She shone like a jewel
But her price was not gold
She cried more than most
When her story was told
But her people were evil
Left her baron and cold
And her heart went to market
Where her body was sold


I said hey hey won't you take me away
Because I can't see the point
In the dawn of the day
When so many killers gonna take you away
And leave little left except hatred

There's all kind of hatred
Flows out of man's hands
There's the hatred that strangles
The throat of a man
But the worst of all hatred
Is that which is planned
Against what we have
In this goddess of land

I said hey hey won't you take me away
Because I can't see the point
In the dawn of the day
When so many killers gonna take you away
And leave little left except hatred

You know when songs make you cry? Gah....

Thanks for the share-age of songs! heart

"Cows with Guns" is a real "fight-back!" song. I love it. I'll try to find the lyrics...

We will fight for bovine freedom...and hold our large heads high...
We will run free with the buffallo or die!!!
Cows with guns...

I love it!