DESCRIPTION:
This song is based on the writings of Joanna Macy, who is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory and deep ecology. She is an impassioned activist for the environment. She has held many workshops throughout the world to help people express their grief about the decimation of the environment and to empower them to find their own particular path to help heal the world in which they live.
For more information, you can visit Joanna Macy's website at: http://www.joannamacy.net/

Here are the lyrics:

I will fly away now, I will fly away,
Far above the storm clouds and the thrashing waves

Far from the seething crowds, from the mighty, the greedy, the proud --
I will fly away from here
For I've seen great temples built upon fear
And blind kings leading with their hands nailed and tied
To their thrones

So I will away now, yes I will fly
Upon the wind's wings aloft the silent sky

For I've seen Man's heal crush Earth's virgin face --
Her children butchered; her house set ablaze,

Yes, I will away now, from here

For I've seen Earth's blood spill out at my feet,
Her sacred places raped, her breath blackened by our greed,
By our greed,
How could I leave Her

So I will stand my ground now, and I will weep,
For all the Earth's broken beauty and every drop of poisoned sea,
I'll stride into the seething crowds,
And call together all us mighty and proud
For this is our time to grieve.

For every leaf on every severed tree;
For the children, Our children..... we will weep
Our children .......