"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
Its Monsanto, its 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 a package to catch your eye
That makes you smile
At Safeway, 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