We may claim that we own the land and from land ownership we gain br But the land is only our land for as long as the life in us remain br But our land we can't take with us when we cease to live and die br And the one with the deeds to ten thousand acres is a mortal as am I. br br We may think the land is our land but thought has proved us wrong br The land it was always here and to none the land belong br The land ours only for a short span and then we pass it on br And someone else will hold the deeds to it when the life from us has gone. br br Humans are like Nature's Seasons to life we come and go br And our right to land ownership on paper we may show br Our land on paper only it is not ours to keep br Someone else will own the deed to it when we lay in eternal sleep. br br We may have the legal document to prove it and we may say the land is ours br And we may claim to own the grass on it and we may claim to own the flowers br But we are the land's caretakers for awhile just that and nothing more br And what I've spoken of here has often been said before.