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Tom Rush — Mother Earth

Album: Merrimack County
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5.8

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Total ratings: 135

Released: 1972
Length: 2:31
Plays (last 30 days): 0

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Mother Earth lives on the ocean
Mother Earth sails on the sea
I am blessed with her devotion
Mother Earth provides for me

Now I am going on a journey
And I pray all things end well
While Mother Earth looks after me
I will follow faithfully

Green trees grow on mountain top
Birds still sing while morning come
Though I treat her carelessly
Mother Earth provides for me

When the grasslands crave for water
And the harvest needs sunlight
These are times when I am helpless
Mother Earth makes all things right

Mother Earth lives on the ocean
Mother Earth sails on the sea
I am blessed with her devotion
Mother Earth provides for me

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Ixne on the ongascay.

Posted 3 years ago by mdnlsn [ Reply ]

I was in LOVE with
Tom Rush when I was 12 years old!
I'm 61 now and am still in Love with him.
Great Talent! I got to meet him at a concert and he is a very nice person.

Posted 3 years ago by jshuman [ Reply ]

Hippy summer-camp kids' song

Posted 5 years ago by rita_johnson [ Reply ]

make the bad man stop

Posted 17 years ago by dreadpixie [ Reply ]

LizDeines wrote:

Okay, enough already.

whatever, the earth needs all the love she can get right now

Posted 17 years ago by araujokrl [ Reply ]

Okay, enough already.

Posted 17 years ago by LizDeines [ Reply ]

pdhski wrote:

Being my first exposure to Tom Rush, this tune brought up a swirl of Jimmy Buffet, James Taylor, and Paul Simon. Not bad company, and not a bad song. I could stand to hear some more. Call me Mr. Derivative....

Sounds a little like a dead cover to me.

Posted 18 years ago by russteaches [ Reply ]

Always great to hear Tom. Bill, please add a passel of songs from this album to your playlist like No Regrets, Lost My Drivin' Wheel, Urge for Going, and Panama Limited. Peace

Posted 18 years ago by Slick [ Reply ]

Galveston Flood is incredible, but unfortunately he doesn't seem to perform it any more. He's quite entertaining in person. I saw him at the Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis, MD, last year. Picked up a CD of "Trolling for Owls" and enjoyed a great show.

Posted 18 years ago by GringoinMX [ Reply ]

thought it was a cover of smells like teen spirit when i heard the intro..

Posted 18 years ago by Fredrikson [ Reply ]

Sounds a little like Kermit's nephew Robin to me.

Posted 18 years ago by larz [ Reply ]

I love Tom Rush! Check out No Regrets: Best of. There are some truly wonderful songs on there -- often more dark and gravel-y than he sounds in this song.

Posted 20 years ago by Miles [ Reply ]

Great tune! Great discovery!