Mr. Developer Man

A song about the value of trees. Inspired by a city planner's comment in Guelph ON, who said that "Growth means cutting down trees". I beg to differ. As well as all the environmental, aesthetic and health reasons,.. trees can be good for business! The first in songwriter James Gordon's Song of The Month Series.
Bulldozers are runnin,
Chainsaws are hummin
Change is coming, its hungry it must be fed
By the wetlands and meadows
The forests and the hedgerows...oooo... hooooo
And the songbirds flying, crying overhead

Look at those trees, Mr. Developer man.
They are organic corporations, with a solid business plan.
Theyre a growth industry, they are ready to expand.
They could be profitable partners in developing this land.
They Are rooted in the earth, but reaching towards the sky.
In these uncertain times, they have learned how to survive.
Invest in them and they will earn you major dividends
Killing them is going to kill you, but youll thrive if theyre your friends.

Idealists are drumming,
guitars are strumming
Police cars are coming, you can hear the sirens sound
Old hippies and young activists
The only ones who care about this
Wave their banners, shake their fists
but those maples are coming down

Category:

Music

Tags:

• environment
• trees
• activist song
• saving trees
• James Gordon

[MEbayB]

Nice job James. My stompin' grounds south of Stone Rd. was decimated a quarter century ago...there were some great cedars there. The almighty dollar seems too easily to capture the hearts of many.

[JamesSGordon]

thanks!

James

[alleycatb]

Thanks James this is so well timed for me. They just brutally pulled down a field of trees across the road from me while the neighbours stood out and cried. They ran them through the chipper and the day you put this up our neighbourhood reaked with the smell of their rotting carcases. The devatation and our grief is strong. In the place of the trees we will now have 12 $350000 condos in neighbourhood of houses worth $150000. Alex (Henry's step daughter)

[JamesSGordon]

Thanks Alex.... I'm getting a very large response to this..

shows that it's a universal problem that has to be addressed soon! James

[petsahoy1]

great intention! unfortunately can't hear your words all the way thru. Guitar is loud and in the 'busy word' sections, I can't make out the words! And I strongly agree to your point!! Leave the trees alone.

[alleycatb]

I have been documenting and vlogging it on facebook. we fought it and bought about 15 years respite for the trees but then we changed council and the developers made a backroom sweetheart deal and now 12 units on land that should hold no more then 4 houses and would have been better left green. The lower part of the land is now protected but it is poor consolation