In the world before the dinosaurs Centimeters tall they stand By the rivers, lakes and ocean shores Plants The early plants Later on, before the dinosaurs Growing taller by degrees With their woody stems now for support Trees The early trees Here come the trees They come to take over the world They come in peace Here come the trees Later still before the dinosaurs Spreading out with greater speed Faster than they ever could with spores Seeds The world's first seeds Here come the trees They come to take over the world They come in peace Here come the trees Since their appearance on Earth over 390 million years ago Trees have evolved and endured through dramatic climate changes And ma** extinctions Surviving, thriving and spreading across The mighty supercontinent Pangea They colonized the land with great forests Still some 100 million years Before the appearance of the dinosaurs In the world before the dinosaurs Forming forests, fanning out The lycopods, calamites, conifers Now Their time is now Here come the trees They come to take over the world Here come the trees Across the supercontinent Nothing's stopping them now Here come the trees They come to take over the world They come in peace Here come the trees