New Earth

All the earth is fenced and broken
All the earth is fenced and broken
Scattered and bleeding, a no man's land
Of barbed wire men and padlocked hearts

Nowhere to sit, beneath the wind-torn flag
Nowhere to sit, alive around my feet
Nowhere to sit, the moss grows willingly

All the earth in words unspoken
All the earth in words unspoken
Shattered and needing, a helping hand
To once again renew our hearts

Longing to sit, beneath the wind-torn flag
Longing to sit, alive around my feet
Longing to sit, the moss grows willingly.

 

 

© 1986 Thomas A. Ekkens

Music by Richard Nathan

Music performed by Paloma (Nancy Colman, Tom Ekkens, Richard Nathan, Alex Reisman, Joanne Shwed, and Otte Tobiassen)