Where the Grass is so Green

O! Greedy towner!
you wish to build a city here
where the tall brooding trees
give us in summer their shades
don’t cut away their branches
and crush those flowers

O! greedy towner!
you wish to build a city here
don’t rip apart this meadow
with your monster machines.
Here the grass is so green
so green!

This is where first we met
this is where first we kissed
this is where first we made love
this is where we made our vow
to live together
this is where he lies buried.

This our quiet village quite content
this the little house I live alone
with sad thoughts of my beloved lover.

Greedy towner!
you wish to rip apart this village
with your monster machines
and build a city here.
Do not tread over our grassy meadows.

Spare our little village.
spare our streams
that sparkling flow

spare our little houses
studded on this meadow
spare this ground
hallowed to me
where he rests in peace
spare our rolling meadows
here the grass is so green
so green.