What child is there who wants to grow
in toxic air and dis-ease?
‘Cause all the children that I know
love li-iving things and green trees
Green trees are the lungs of earth
and every child must know their worth
Green trees fill the air with life
and offer us hope and healing
Oh, forest trees, your gentle shade
now cools our warming planet
your roots hold fast the living earth
and shelter its thriving inhabitants
Green trees, oh pillars tall,
you plead in silence your poignant call:
Save, save our forests all!
from loggers’ axes unheeding
So may you grow, our guardians green
your gifts forever giving
and may you sow your precious seeds,
restoring the lands now grieving
Green trees, we cherish you
May humankind take care of you
Green trees, your life we need
Our lives depend on your keeping
