In Our Talons

Intro:  -  -  -  (x4)

                                            
And the warblers sing: deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!
                                            
And the sparrows sing: deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!
                                              
Through the wheeeeeeeeels, through the wheels on the interstate,
       
And hear no refrain.

( -  -  - ) x4

                                             
And the beetles creeps (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)
                                             
On the crippled trees, (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)
                                        
And he looooooooks down to where the soil must have been,
   
Wondering.

                                         
And no, you re not alone. No, my cousins, you re not alone.
                                            
You re in our talons now, and we re never letting go.


( -  -  - ) x4

                                            
And the branches bend (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)

                                          
To the growing sea. (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)
                                            
And they aaaaaaaaaaask, and they ask it to spread their seeds,
                    
For they know they re drowning.

                                         
And no, you re not alone. No, my cousins, you re not alone.
                                            
You re in our talons now, and we re never letting go.
                                               
You re in our headlights, frozen, and no, we re not stopping.

                                           
You may not believe, but even we were scared at first.
                                            
It takes a lot of nerve to destroy this wondrous earth.
                                    
We re only human; this at least we ve learned.