Earth Shanty (BBC In Concert)-The Groundhogs

[ti:Earth Shanty] [ar:The Groundhogs] [al:The United Artists Years (1972-1976)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Earth Shanty (BBC In Concert) - The Groundhogs [03:20.17]Skyward fly the eagles as the hawks [03:24.40]Search out their prey [03:26.40] [03:29.97]Seaward fly the seagulls catching [03:33.41]Fish beneath the spray [03:35.88] [03:39.19]For their young amongst the shingle [03:41.60] [03:43.14]To feed them for the day [03:46.01] [03:49.27]Look back on this and linger seeking [03:53.07]Thoughts of yesterday [03:55.91] [03:57.58]I recall all the scenes forgotten [04:02.23]Dreams of pastures green [04:06.95] [04:08.13]Grey clouds all day provide a screen [04:15.10] [04:16.48]From the sun that parched the land [04:20.43] [04:21.52]And robbed the sea [04:23.59] [04:25.57]Left the dried-up burnt-out sand [04:31.42] [05:16.09]And the moon mirror of the sun [05:19.34] [05:20.69]Night-light of the world [05:22.53] [05:23.78]Drags a blanket of cooling sea [05:27.98] [05:28.90]Across the sand in furls [05:31.22] [05:32.22]In the night when the stars provide a [05:37.57]Reason for man to strive [05:39.61] [05:41.00]He reasons that's the reason he's alive [05:46.44] [06:03.79]Let the stars in the firmament remain as bait [06:10.75] [06:11.97]For the people whose only wish is to [06:17.09]Leave their home let them wait [06:18.78] [06:19.98]Their impatience is only matched by a [06:25.22]Misunderstanding of their fate [06:27.27] [06:28.67]Let them get their priorities straight