Green City/Bird Cathedral

from Never Give Up On A Song by Kevin Hewick

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They’ve cut down the
old cherry tree
To build another parking bay

And they’re cuttin’ ‘em down
On Victoria Park
Because they were in the way

Green City is Kill City is
But won’t you leave just one little sapling for me

The Millennium Oaks
Will stand for a thousand years
If the chainsaw crazies don’t come to interfere

Green City is Kill City is
But won’t you save just one little sapling for me

The silver birch watches outside the house I haunt
Its branches claw toward the moon
Its roots they drink my thoughts

Pick up the guitar
Make the timbers vibrate

Resurrect the splinters from the cross of hate

In dark laughter forests
The wayfarers wander afraid

But then come sweet summers
Lazing in their shade

In winters we long for your reborn spring

And in the bird cathedrals
We hear the feathered choirs sing

Green City is Dream City is

Tree after tree after tree after tree after tree after tree
Billions and billions and billions of trees

Green city is Dream City is

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from Never Give Up On A Song, released May 21, 2021

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Kevin Hewick Leicester, UK

Kevin Hewick (born 4 February 1957, Leicester) is an English singer-songwriter who was an early member of the Factory Records roster. Today he is known for his recordings on Pink Box Records, an independent label based in Leicester, and his recent work with Venetian collective Unfolk. ... more

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