Trader - Jackie DeShannon

Trader sailed a jeweled crown

Humanity rowed the way

Explorin' to command more land

Schemin' how to rule the waves

Trader spied a virgin plain

And named it for velvet robes

Wrote home declarin'

«There's a place where totally folks are free

Nourishment fills the prairies and the hillsides

Animals stalk the mountains and the seaside

Fish abound the lakes and birds the skies

Signed sincerely»

Trader found the jeweled land

Was occupied before he came

By humans of a second look

Who couldn’t even write their names

Trader said they’re not as good

As folks who wear velvet robes

Wrote home again and asked «Please help

Their breasts I see are not like me

Banish them from our prairies and our hillsides

Clear them from our mountains and our seaside

I want them off our lakes so please reply

Signed sincererly»

Trader got the crown okay

Cleared humanity from his way

He civilized all he saw

Makin' changes every single day

Shops sprang over the prairies and the hillsides

Roads cut through the mountains to the seaside

The other kind fled to hide, by and by

And so sincerely, cried"

Makin' it softly

Like the evenin' sea, tryin' to be

Makin' it go

Creatin' it gently

Like a mornin' breeze, a life of ease

Eyes that see beyond tomorrow

Through to the time without hours

Passin' the Eden of Flowers

Reason to live

Embracin' together

Like the mergin' streams, cryin' dreams

Makin' it full

Beggin' intently

For a slight reprieve, a night of ease

Hands to touch beyond the sorrow

On to the force without power

Piercin' the crust of the tower

Reason to live

Hopin'

Like a buddin' rose humblin' shows

Makin' it

Strugglin' lonely

Like a desert field, break the seal, make it real

Ears to hear beyond the showers

On to the suns of tomorrows

Burnin' the flesh of all sorrows

Reason to live

Reason to continue

Reason to go on

Reason to live

Reason to live

Reason to live