The land is starving
It needs watering
The birds on the trees
Won't open the spring
For the rain won't fall here

And the grass is no green
The birds are singing
They need some raining
The birds on the trees
Would [...]
For the rain won't falling
And the grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green

[chirping and ...]
[lovers] are sleeping at the oak tree
Which [love is lighter in]
[love didn't light]
Where the grass is no green

[interlude]

The land is starving
It needs watering
The birds on the trees
Won't open the spring
For the rain won't falling
And the grass is no green
The birds are singing
They need some raining
The birds on the trees
Would [...]
And the grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green

[chirping and ...]
[lovers] are sleeping at the oak tree
Which [love is lighter in]
[love didn't light]
Where the grass is no green

The birds stop singing
They need some raining
The birds on the trees
Would [...]
For the rain wouldn't falling

And the grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green
The grass is no green