[Wendy:] Hi 
 
Trader 
 
Trader sailed a jeweled crown 
Humanity rowed the way 
Exploring to command more land 
Scheming how to rule the waves. 
Trader spied a virgin plain  
And named it for velvet robes 
Wrote home declaring, 
"There's a place 
Where totally folks are free 
(Happily completely) 
Nourishment fills the prairies and the hillsides 
And animals stalk the mountains and the seaside 
And fish abound the lakes and birds the skies 
Signed sincerely." 
 
Trader found the jeweled land 
Was occupied before he came 
By humans of a second look 
Who couldn't even write their names shame 
Trader said they're not as good 
As folks who wear velvet robes 
Wrote home again and asked, "Please help  
Their breasts I see; they're not like me 
Banish them from our prairies and our hillsides 
Clear them from our mountains and our seaside 
I want them off our lakes so please reply 
Signed sincerely." 
 
Trader he got the crown okay 
Cleared humanity from his way 
He civilized all he saw 
Making changes every single day say 
Shops sprang over the prairies and the hillsides 
Then roads cut through the mountains to the seaside 
The other kind fled to hide, by and by, 
And so sincerely  
Cried. 
 
Making it softly 
Like the evening sea, trying to be 
Making it go 
Creating it gently 
Like a morning breeze, a life of ease 
Eyes that see  
Beyond tomorrow, through to the time without hours 
Passing the Eden of Flowers 
Reason to live. 
 
Embracing together 
Like the merging streams, crying dreams 
Making it full 
Begging intently 
For a slight reprieve, a night of ease 
Hands to touch 
Beyond the sorrow, on to the force without power 
Piercing the crust of the tower 
Reason to live. 
 
Hoping 
Like a budding rose, humbling shows 
Making it. 
Struggling lonely 
Like a desert field, break the seal, make it real 
Ears to hear 
Beyond the showers, on to the suns of tomorrows 
Burning the flesh of all sorrows 
Reason to live. 
Reason to continue 
Reason to go on 
Reason to live 
Reason to live 
Reason to live