Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I speak on behalf of the next generation
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Our sons and daughters, their children to come
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What will we leave them for their recreation
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An oil slick, a pylon, an industrial slum
[Chorus]
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Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow
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G hill and a valley, a view to the sea
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These things are not ours to destroy as we want to
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G gift given once for eternity
[Verse 2]
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We plunder, we pillage, we tear and we tunnel
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Trees lying toppled, they finger the sky
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Building a land for machines and computers
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In the name of progress the farms have to die
[Chorus]
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Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow
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G hill and a valley, a view to the sea
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These things are not ours to destroy as we want to
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G gift given once for eternity
[Verse 3]
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Fish in the ocean polluted and poisoned
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The sand on our beaches, all stinking and black
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We and our tankers and banks and investments
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Say, "Never worry, the birds will come back"
[Chorus]
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Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow
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G hill and a valley, a view to the sea
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These things are not ours to destroy as we want to
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G gift given once for eternity
[Verse 4]
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When the last flower has dropped its last petal
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When the last concrete is finally laid
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The moon will shine cold on a nightmarish landscape
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Our gift to our children, this world that we made
[Chorus]
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Leave them a flower, some grass and a hedgerow
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G hill and a valley, a view to the sea
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These things are not ours to destroy as we want to
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G gift given once for eternity
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Eternity
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Eternity