Neil Young, Promise of the Real - Monsanto Years lyrics

You never know what the future holds
In the shallow soil of Monsanto, monsanto
The moon is full and the seeds are
Sown while the farmer toils for Monsanto
Monsanto when these seeds rise they're
Ready for the pesticide
And Roundup comes and brings the
Poison tide of Monsanto, monsanto

The farmer knows he's got to grow
What he can sell, Monsanto, monsanto
So he signs a deal for GMOs
That makes life hell with Monsanto, monsanto
Every year he buys the patented seeds
Poison-ready they're what the
Corporation needs, monsanto

When you shop for your daily bread
And walk the aisles of Safeway, safeway
Find the package to catch your eye
That makes you smile at Safeway, at Safeway
Choose a picture of an old red
Barn on a field of green
With the farmer and his wife and children
To complete the scene at Safeway, at Safeway

Dreams of the past come flooding
Back to the farmer's mind
His mother and father
Family seeds they used to save were
Gifts from God, not Monsanto, monsanto
Their own child grows ill
Near the poisoned crops
While they work on, they can't find
An easy way to stop, Monsanto, monsanto

Don't care now what the Bible said
So long ago not Monsanto, monsanto
Give us this day our daily bread and
Let us not go with Monsanto, monsanto
The seeds of life are not what they once were
Mother Nature and God don't own them anymore