Springtime falls and mother is hereShe giving life to her children so dearMud puddle babies sea to shining seaWell we're living with our mother no wants no needsWell it's your springtime mother in a floral print dressTending all her people with her tender loving sweet caressDon't throw away your mother don't you put her to the testDon't you put her to the testSummertime breaks and the school bells endShe tries to teach you right but you don't pay attentionYou run away from mother with your candy cane dreamWhile the sticky black shoreline cries unseenWell it won't be yourMother you're all I needCome to me and bare your seedDriving the cycle stripped by greedMother you're all I needMother you're all I seeCome to me I'll set you freeIt's a tricky survival can't you seeMother you're all I needThe shadows of fall line mother's faceThe guardians of life lie in disgraceThe fires that flare from a richer man's diceWell they whisper through the treesLike a spider web on ice'cause it won't be your springtime mother in a floral print dressTending all her people with her tender loving sweet caressDon't throw away your mother don't you put her to the testDon't you put her to the testThe howl of winter is the cry of her painThe green people listen but they labor in vainIf we don't stop now its ourMother we're killingThen who will care for the springtime childrenIt won't be your motherOh why don't you love your mother earth
