Story Behind The Song
Inspired by Julia Butterfly who sat in a redwood for over a year to prevent it from being cut down.
Song Description
A medium tempo ballad about protecting the giant redwoods. The song talks about how we have cut down the forests without concern for future generations.
| Song Length |
3:17 |
Genre |
Folk - Country, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Worried |
Subject |
Plants, Forest, World |
| Similar Artists |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Fleetwood Mac |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
You?re the oldest and the biggest living thing on the globe.
Enduring through the ages and the storms that have blown.
With a crown so high, like a king you?ve stood.
Father of the forest, giant of the woods.
Well the more things change the more they stay the same.
Gone the way of the buffalo and the water down the drain.
But when they?re gone, they?ll be gone for good.
Father of the forest, giant of the woods.
From the old God to the new Gods, forever you?ve grown tall.
Now a man with a bill of sale says it?s time for you to fall.
I want to tell him that just ain?t no good,
Father of the forest, giant of the woods.
Tell the children of the future, why it slipped into the past.
How the forest primeval was traded in for cash.
And if you feel ashamed, I think you should.
Father of the forest, giant of the woods.