"Thanks Danny for getting involved with the Playlist for the Planet, and congratulations on your song being chosen to represent all the independent artists. Your song "Feather, Fur & Fin" articulates a passion for the environment that resonates deeply with people across the country, and around the world. I've witnessed the power of music to bring people together, and your song continues that long tradition. Thanks again for being a part of the world-wide movement to raise awareness about our relationship with nature, and for joining us and all the other musicians that helped bring the Playlist for the Planet to fruition. - David Suzuki"
Feather, Fur & Fin
Words & Music by Danny Michel
Burnt Bun Music 2008
I went to the country to escape the noise and lights
and I laid there in the pine cones all night
I woke in the morning when all the trees were gone
I got this sinking feeling, everything felt wrong
Strip malls and dollar stores and diesel in the air
I slept in a rowboat and I anchored far from shore
Now I don't hear them chain saws no more
I woke in the morning
when someone pulled the plug
I was stranded in the lake bottom sludge
With all the tires, paint cans and things
Every little critter, feather, fur and fin
Cried to mother nature to come back for them
For every piece of litter, for every little sin
She cried for all of them, feather, fur and fin
I went to an island down the Caribbean way
and I laid there in the sand all day
I turned on a radio and I heard the DJ say
"Baton down the hatches down Santa Elena way"
I swam the ocean reef but the coral all was grey
CHORUS
She saw the eagle's eye weeping in the willow
She prayed to the mantis and she cried into her pillow
For the salmon in the Fraser and the salamander's kin
She cried for all of them, feather, fur and fin
I went to the city when all the trees were gone
and I lay there on her asphalt lawn
She cried out a thousand days of hurricanes and floods
Her face ran with tears, and the streets ran with blood
Fur coats and sushi boats and diesel in the air
Feather, fur and fin, she cried for all of them
She cried for every fin
credits
from Feather, Fur & Fin,
track released March 26, 2008
Gord Stevenson- Drums
Mark McIntyre– Bass
Rob Carli – Baritone Sax
Danny Michel - vocals, guitars, banjo, rhodes, hammond, percussion, glockenspiel
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