tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186608697830229050.post3669636945023848314..comments2024-03-03T17:33:24.616+00:00Comments on annarky's blog.: The Tar Sands Killer.ann arkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06922062627756737185noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186608697830229050.post-5218976221037128372015-12-13T00:01:18.523+00:002015-12-13T00:01:18.523+00:00This is a song of the spanish singer Joan Manuel S...This is a song of the spanish singer Joan Manuel Serrat.<br /><br /><br />Father<br /><br />Father, tell me,<br />what have they done to the river, that it no longer sings?<br />It slips like a dead barbel<br />under a handspan of white foam.<br /><br />Father; the river is no longer the river.<br />Father, before the summer comes,<br />hide everything that is alive.<br /><br />Father, tell me,<br />what have they done to the forest, that now there are no trees?<br />In the winter we won't have fire,<br />nor in summer a place for shelter.<br /><br />Father; the forest is no longer the forest.<br />Father; before it darkens,<br />fill with life the pantry.<br /><br />Without limber and without fish, father,<br />we will have to burn the small boat,<br />harvest the wheat<br />between the ruins, father,<br />and close with three bolts the house,<br /><br />...and you said, father...<br /><br />if there are no pine trees<br />there will be no pine nuts, nor worms, nor birds.<br />Father, where there are no flowers,<br />the bees will not give, nor the wax, nor the honey.<br /><br />Father, that the country is no longer the country.<br />Father, tomorrow from the sky will rain blood.<br />The wind sings it crying.<br /><br />Father, they are here already,<br />monsters of meat with worms of iron.<br />Father, no. Do not have fear,<br />and say no, that I will wait for you.<br /><br />Father, that they are killing the earth,<br />Father. Stop crying...<br />That they have declared us the war!<br /><br />https://youtu.be/EiSnNccSHeILoamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17339350574917360205noreply@blogger.com