THE SILENT EARTH
               
IT ISN'T VERY PLEASANT AT THE PRESENT                  
BEING A PHEASANT      
AND IT'S A SORRY TALE IF YOU'RE A QUAIL                  
THERE'S MANY A SPENT CARTRIDGE   
HAS DONE FOR SOME POOR PARTRIDGE
BY BLASTING ALL THE FEATHERS FROM ITS TAIL                  
YOU'RE REALLY OUT OF LUCK
IF YOU'RE A FLYING DUCK         
AND ANY BANG YOU HEAR WILL TURN YOU PALE                     
FOR THEY JUST DON'T GIVE A SMIDGEON                     
IF YOU'RE PIGEON OR YOU'RE WIDGEON               
THEY'LL BAG YOU FOR THE TABLE WITHOUT FAIL

NOW THE FOX WAS ALL ELATION
WHEN WE PASSED THE LEGISLATION
TO CLOSE DOWN EVERY HUNT THROUGHOUT THE SHIRES
AND FOR ONE PRECIOUS MINUTE
IN THIS LAND, ALL CREATURES IN IT
THOUGHT THERE ARE SOME HUMAN BEINGS THAT ONE ADMIRES
BUT THE LOCAL LORD'S STILL FOR IT
CHIEF CONSTABLES IGNORE IT
AND POLITICIANS BOW DOWN TO THE SQUIRES
BUT AS THEY SHRUG THEIR SHOULDERS
THE LEGISLATION MOULDERS
AND THE FOX SCREAMS "I PROTEST" AS HE EXPIRES

THE WORLD MUST SEEM UNREAL
IF YOU'RE A BABY SEAL
CLUBBED TO KEEP A WEALTHY LADY WARM
AND WHALES ARE IN THE LURCH
FOR JAPANESE RESEARCH
WILL SEE THEM IN THE SUSHI, THAT'S THE NORM
THE TIGER IN BENGAL'S
NO BLOODY CHANCE AT ALL
AND THE RHINO'S IN THE COLD EYE OF THE STORM
FOR THEY'LL ALL BE HUNTED DOWN
BY BUSINESSMEN FROM TOWN
WHO SPEND THEIR LOOT DESTRUCTION TO PERFORM


IN CANADA THE BEAR IS GETTING RATHER RARE
A MOOSE OUT ON THE LOOSE IS EASY PREY
IF YOU'RE A MOUNTAIN GOAT
YOU'LL SOON BECOME A COAT
AND THERE'S SOME BOILING WATER FOR THE CRAY
FISH HAD BETTER LOOK
DAMNED HARD TO SEE THE HOOK
AND THUS BECOME THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
AND THO DEER ARE DEADLY DULL
STILL THEY FACE THE DEADLY CULL
THERE'LL BE JUST HUMANS LEFT SOME SUNNY DAY



NO GOOSE NO GREBE NO GANNETT
LEFT ON THIS EMPTY PLANET
JUST MEN WITH GUNS AND NOTHING LEFT TO KILL
SO FATHER SON AND BROTHER
WITH SLAUGHTER ONE ANOTHER
TO RECREATE THAT SPECIAL HUNTING THRILL
AND WHEN THE SEASON'S OVER
FROM TIMBUCTOO TO DOVER
THERE'LL BE NOTHING LEFT ALIVE
NO CREATURE WILL…
EVER WAKE TO SEE THE DAWN
BRING ANOTHER BRIGHT NEW MORN
TO A TURNING EARTH SO SILENT AND SO STILL

JUST THE GRASS, THE TREES, THE RAIN
THE SEA, THE HILL, THE PLAIN
AND A TURNING EARTH SO SILENT AND SO STILL