Camille
Owd Fred, wi' yankee tractor, blue, not red,
Wonderin' what world were comin' to
In his head,
Old ways were gone
Yanks wi' tanks sang a brand new swan song
Massey Fergusons, Fords, John Deers roared,
Up the lanes to plough, to spray
Pesticides in every way
Nook, cranny, kill
The soil,
Till,
The earth being barren had to be resprayed
With fertilizers that flayed
The the lives of all that live
On the land with
Sweat, toil,
Combine Harvesters grabbed the spoil
Owd Fred, indebted to the hilt
Saw the innocent victims whose blood spilt
In the Silent Spring
Where no birds were on the wing
For all lay bare
Owd Fred could but stop, stare,
Wonder where
Humanity had hit
The bottom of a bottomless pit
A place of hell
Where Finance fanned the flames of plumes and fumes
Polluting the sky
Obliterating moons
Suns
Stars
Owd Fred could but stare and wonder
Was there really life on Mars
Would folks flit there
In a New age
Where space tourism was all the rage
Or
Was it all a passing phase afore
A return to those wondrous days of Yore?
Wow 👍🤠
Owd Fred, wi' yankee tractor, blue, not red,
Wonderin' what world were comin' to
In his head,
Old ways were gone
Yanks wi' tanks sang a brand new swan song
Massey Fergusons, Fords, John Deers roared,
Up the lanes to plough, to spray
Pesticides in every way
Nook, cranny, kill
The soil,
Till,
The earth being barren had to be resprayed
With fertilizers that flayed
The the lives of all that live
On the land with
Sweat, toil,
Combine Harvesters grabbed the spoil
Owd Fred, indebted to the hilt
Saw the innocent victims whose blood spilt
In the Silent Spring
Where no birds were on the wing
For all lay bare
Owd Fred could but stop, stare,
Wonder where
Humanity had hit
The bottom of a bottomless pit
A place of hell
Where Finance fanned the flames of plumes and fumes
Polluting the sky
Obliterating moons
Suns
Stars
Owd Fred could but stare and wonder
Was there really life on Mars
Would folks flit there
In a New age
Where space tourism was all the rage
Or
Was it all a passing phase afore
A return to those wondrous days of Yore?
Wow 👍🤠