Giants - for Bob Brown

4 weeks ago by @danielkelly

Liner Notes

Bob Brown is the founder of the Australian Greens party, and has been fighting for people and the environment for over 50 years. Worthy of a song.

Lyrics

G C G
I stood at the foot of a giant tree,
D
Looked up to its crown,
G C
As it looked down at me.
C
Two thousand years old,
G D
And a hundred feet tall,
C G D G
And I felt so small in its shadow.

I floated the Franklin in a tiny boat,
Tossed by the current,
And barely afloat,
Ancient stone rose,
Around every bend,
And I drank in the cool of its shadow,

C G D G
Stone and water, moss and tree,
C G C D
I’m part of them as they are of me,
C G
I’ll fight for their right,
D G
To live and let be,
C G D G
Though all the world seek to destroy them

I sat in the halls of democracy,
And I spoke up to power,
As it looked down on me,
In State and in Capital,
I spoke truth to them all,
And I refused to hide in their shadow,

I’ve stood at the front of the protest line,
For tree and for river,
And peace in our time,
And many a day,
I’ve been led to a cell,
But I always emerge from the shadow.

I sit at the foot of a giant tree,
Look up to its crown,
As it looks down at me.
And though I am old,
I can still hear the call,
And the millions who march in my shadow.

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