Springtime falls and mother is here She giving life to her children so dear Mud puddle babies sea to shining sea Well we're living with our mother no wants no needs Well it's your springtime mother in a floral print dress Tending all her people with her tender loving sweet caress Don't throw away your mother don't you put her to the test Don't you put her to the test Summertime breaks and the school bells end She tries to teach you right but you don't pay attention You run away from mother with your candy cane dream While the sticky black shoreline cries unseen Well it won't be your Mother you're all I need Come to me and bare your seed Driving the cycle stripped by greed Mother you're all I need Mother you're all I see Come to me I'll set you free It's a tricky survival can't you see Mother you're all I need The shadows of fall line mother's face The guardians of life lie in disgrace The fires that flare from a richer man's dice Well they whisper through the trees Like a spider web on ice 'cause it won't be your springtime mother in a floral print dress Tending all her people with her tender loving sweet caress Don't throw away your mother don't you put her to the test Don't you put her to the test The howl of winter is the cry of her pain The green people listen but they labor in vain If we don't stop now its our Mother we're k**ing Then who will care for the springtime children It won't be your mother Oh why don't you love your mother earth