Trader

Trader sailed a jeweled crown
 Humanity rowed the way
 Explorin' to command more land
 Schemin' how to rule the waves
 Trader spied a virgin plain
 And named it for velvet robes
 Wrote home declarin'
 "There's a place where totally folks are free
 Nourishment fills the prairies and the hillsides
 Animals stalk the mountains and the seaside
 Fish abound the lakes and birds the skies
 Signed sincerely"
 Trader found the jeweled land
 Was occupied before he came
 By humans of a second look
 Who couldn't even write their names
 Trader said they're not as good
 As folks who wear velvet robes
 Wrote home again and asked "Please help
 Their breasts I see are not like me
 Banish them from our prairies and our hillsides
 Clear them from our mountains and our seaside
 I want them off our lakes so please reply
 Signed sincererly"
 Trader got the crown okay
 Cleared humanity from his way
 He civilized all he saw
 Makin' changes every single day
 Shops sprang over the prairies and the hillsides
 Roads cut through the mountains to the seaside
 The other kind fled to hide, by and by
 And so sincerely, cried"
 Making it softly
 Like the evenin' sea, tryin' to be
 Makin' it go
 Creatin' it gently
 Like a mornin' breeze, a life of ease
 Eyes that see beyond tomorrow
 Through to the time without hours
 Passin' the Eden of Flowers
 Reason to live
 Embracin' together
 Like the mergin' streams, cryin' dreams
 Makin' it full
 Beggin' intently
 For a slight reprieve, a night of ease
 Hands to touch beyond the sorrow
 On to the force without power
 Piercin' the crust of the tower
 Reason to live
 Hopin'
 Like a buddin' rose humblin' shows
 Makin' it
 Strugglin' lonely
 Like a desert field, break the seal, make it real
 Ears to hear beyond the showers
 On to the suns of tomorrows
 Burnin' the flesh of all sorrows
 Reason to live
 Reason to continue
 Reason to go on
 Reason to live
 Reason to live
 Reason to live