Close to Home - Larry Potts

[Larry Robinson]

Close to Home
 
Let me ask of us gathered here today--
Can we bring the balance back we lost along the way?
And running short on answers there's gonna be hell to pay-
It's close to home--so close to home
 
I see the ice is melting, the oceans coming up--
Storms gettin' stronger, there's devastation done
And the ones hit the hardest have nowhere to run--
It's close to  home, so close to home
 
My old friend's a farmer, he says you reap what you sow--
It's been a silent spring the bees don't come around no more
And I'm gonna miss those apples down at the country store--
It's hittin' home, so close to home
 
Back in eighteen forty-three Chief Seattle said it first--
The earth does not belong to man--man belongs to earth
 
The truth is inconvenient now it's something we've got to face--
A do or die scenario for a fragile rock in space
Set aside our differences so we can save-- our home--our only home
 
Let me ask of us gathered here today-
Can we bring the balance back we lost along the way
This is our home--our only home--
Close to  home--our only home
 
	- Larry Potts
	(L.K Potts/George Merrill
	2012 album Close to Home)