YOU WILL NOT KNOW
In Honor of Earth Day
Words and music
By Ann Hampton Callaway
You will not know why you feel emptiness
Not to have watched them soar the sky
But something deep inside you
Will no longer be there
The day the eagle doesn't fly
And you won't know why you feel loneliness
Not to have seen their eyes implore
But something strangely human
Will cry inside your heart
When baby seals are here no more
CHORUS
The harmony, the balance
And all things on this earth
Is found in the reflection
Of each of us at birth
And you won't know why there's a sadness
Not to have heard their plaintive song
The part of them within you
Will never sing again
The day when all blue whales have gone
INSTRUMENTAL
CHORUS
The beauty of the creatures
Who struggle ev'ry day
Will die in us forever
If we let them go away
You will not know why you can't sleep at night
You won't hear mother nature cry
But all the dreams she gave you
Will surely disappear
Each day, each day you let her children die
INSTRUMENTAL
Yes, something in her silence won't let you rest in peace
Each day, each day you let her children die
You will not know why you feel emptiness
You will not know why you feel loneliness
You will not know why
You will not know why