MOTHER NATURE'S WON

(Music: MOTHER NATURE'S SON, Lennon-McCartney) (info./disclaimers) (glossary) (index) (gardening guide)

In every battle ever fought
Mother Nature's won
She'll grow a field of flowers through the rubble
When we're finally done

She'll cover vacant lots with grass
She'll tree our hillsides bare
She'll cleanse the air and water
Almost as if we were never* there [*alt. version: barely]

Do do do do do do do -- do do do
Do do do do do -- do do do
Do do

When we spray her with insecticides
The insects multiply
Herbicide-resistant weeds
Crowd every roadside

Do do do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do -- do do do
Do do do do do do – yeah, yeah, yeah

*Our fungicides all poison us
Preservatives cause us to decay
Those survive who
Learn that peace with Her is the only way

Mmm, aah
Mother Nature's won

Comments: *The "fungicides" verse is an instrumental in the Beatles' original.
Crop loss to insect pests has increased since the advent of the chemical insecticide age, because target pests have developed pesticide resistance. A pithy testament to Nature's wisdom and Industrial Civilization's stupidity, this song posits an entirely new (but ancient) relationship between humankind and the earth. It suggests that war is a losing proposition. Most commercial radio stations didn't like this one either.