What's the matter with the place we live in? Did Mother Nature get it wrong? A rusted delta in the name of changing And dig it till it's dead and gone Oh, what you gonna tell the children What you gonna tell the trees What you gonna tell the spirit When the heart of the bayou bleed? Well, there's a whole lotta something around here There's been a whole lotta giving around here We've seen a whole lotta hurting around here But there's a whole lotta soul around here Listen Maybe we should move the mountains Maybe we should drain the sea And wash away the desert No, that makes no sense to me But looking it from the outside It sure don't look that hard But tell me how you gonna feel When I come digging up your backyard? There's a whole lotta something around here There's a whole lotta giving around here We've seen a whole lotta hurting around here But there's a whole lotta soul around here There's a whole lotta something around here And there's a whole lotta giving around here We've seen a whole lotta hurting around here But there's a whole lotta soul around here Come on