Genesis - The Return of the Giant Hogweed lyrics
[Genesis - The Return of the Giant Hogweed lyrics]
Turn and run! Nothing can stop them
Around every river and canal
Their power is growing stamp them out!
We must destroy them
They infiltrate each city with their
Thick dark warning odour
They are invincible they seem immune to all
Our herbicidal battering
Long ago in the Russian hills
A Victorian explorer found the regal
Hogweed by a marsh
He captured it and brought it home
Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge
Royal beast did not forget
He came home to London
And made a present of the Hogweed
To the Royal Gardens at Kew
Waste no time! They are approaching
Hurry now, we must protect ourselves and
Find some shelter strike by night!
They are defenceless they all need the sun
To photosensitize their venom
Still they're invincible
Still they're immune to all
Our herbicidal battering
Fashionable country gentlemen had some
Cultivated wild gardens
In which they innocently planted the
Giant Hogweed throughout the land
Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge
Royal beast did not forget
Soon they escaped, spreading their seed
Preparing for an onslaught
Threatening the human race
Mighty Hogweed is avenged
Human bodies soon will know our anger
Kill them with your Hogweed hairs
Heracleum mantegazziani
Giant Hogweed lives
Around every river and canal
Their power is growing stamp them out!
We must destroy them
They infiltrate each city with their
Thick dark warning odour
They are invincible they seem immune to all
Our herbicidal battering
Long ago in the Russian hills
A Victorian explorer found the regal
Hogweed by a marsh
He captured it and brought it home
Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge
Royal beast did not forget
He came home to London
And made a present of the Hogweed
To the Royal Gardens at Kew
Waste no time! They are approaching
Hurry now, we must protect ourselves and
Find some shelter strike by night!
They are defenceless they all need the sun
To photosensitize their venom
Still they're invincible
Still they're immune to all
Our herbicidal battering
Fashionable country gentlemen had some
Cultivated wild gardens
In which they innocently planted the
Giant Hogweed throughout the land
Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge
Royal beast did not forget
Soon they escaped, spreading their seed
Preparing for an onslaught
Threatening the human race
Mighty Hogweed is avenged
Human bodies soon will know our anger
Kill them with your Hogweed hairs
Heracleum mantegazziani
Giant Hogweed lives