Our Place

If we ever met, for what it’s worth,

I’d introduce you, alien, to the earth.

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Our home, where trees and flowers sway

And animals come out to play

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On Earth, the rivers sing a song

That makes you want to sing along

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And every whisper of the wind

Feels like a message from a friend

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Compared to yours, it may seem quaint,

Our world of technical constraint

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Where all the trains don’t run on time

And humans write imperfect rhyme

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But we have something special, too–

A magic that can make us new

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Each time our bare feet hit the ground.

On Earth this healing power’s found

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So help us, alien, if you must.

Show us how to regain trust

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With Nature, who we pushed too far

With every ill-appointed car

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Teach us your technology

To heal our world and become free

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But don’t take us away from Earth.

Our place is here, for what it’s worth.