Okay, it ain't folk, but my big brother has asked me to see if I can find an explanation, and he might beat me up if I don't. The song is "Country Comforts", as recorded by Rod Stewart, composed by Bernie Topin and Elton John. Here are the lines in question (the opening lines of the song, apparently): "Soon the pines will be falling everywhere/Village children always fighting for their share".

Is this about logging in rural England, and juvenile timber barons carving out their empires? About Armageddon? About pine needles falling and children going back to school and fighting for their share of - um - fun, marbles, candy, lunch money, teacher's approval? Or are these lines essentially meaningless?

Your help may well save me a mild beating.