Chorus: Run, run, the tree is falling, Run, run, the chain saw's at his throat! Once the redwood's gone It will not come again, It will not be a giant In the history of time. (Chorus) Once the grove is gone, The living fern and bush, It will not house the yellow deer, It will not bear the thrush. (Chorus) Once the trees are gone That drank the heavy rain, The water-maddened rivers Will tear the land again. (Chorus) Once the forest's gone That was the creature's friend, We'll never have the wilderness To reach a healing hand. (Chorus) Stop the iron teeth That only know to kill, That turn the mighty forest Into corpses at the mill. (Chorus)