a natural beauty should be preserved like a monument to nature

fos do iguaçù by Emilio Navarino

Iguazu Falls was created in the area where the Rio Iguacu (Iguazu River, in Portuguese) in Brazil flows over a basalt rock plateau that ends at the Parana River. Basalt is formed from a lava flow. There are actually 275 waterfalls in the full Iguazu series.

"Amazon, you had so much and now so much is gone. . ."
From one of my favorite Neil Young songs, that line always brings me close to tears. (You can access a pop-up of Neil Young's original 2004 recording of Natural Beauty at: CLICK.) I found this cover of the song and was really moved by the sweet intensity of the performance by these two women. Theirs is a pure and soulful offering of song to the Earth. It touches me. Deeply.



Tara MacLean is joined by Melanie Doane for a gorgeous version of Neil Young's "Natural Beauty" during Tara's CD Release Party for her CD Wake, ----- 29 Oct 2009 at Hugh's Room in Toronto, ONT.
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[from Tara MacLean's website: She lives what she speaks; as a result, Wake is a zero footprint CD www.zerofootprint.net. "We used minimal packaging: 100% recycled paper and no hard plastic cases. I was arrested and jailed in 1993 for protesting the clear-cut logging of a temperate rainforest in B.C. Singing protest songs on the blockades showed me a new way to use my voice, and gave me a new reason. Since then, I have been trying to incorporate my love of nature into my love of music. When I'm singing ‘I'm turning on to different information' on this record, it means I am trying to learn and make choices that are not going to hurt the planet any more. The way I eat, the way I dress, the way I travel, the way I raise my children. Not preaching, just trying to be an inspiring person. I grew up singing gospel music, so music has always been about looking for light."]


Natural Beauty - Lyrics

On the roller coaster ride
That my emotions have to take me on
I heard a newborn baby cry
Through the night.

I heard a perfect echo die
Into an anonymous wall of digital sound
Somewhere deep inside
Of my soul.

A natural beauty should be preserved like a monument to nature
Don't judge yourself too harsh, my love
Or someday you might find your soul endangered
A natural beauty should be preserved like a monument to nature.

Amazon
You had so much and now so much is gone
What are you gonna do
With your life?

What a lucky man.
To see the earth before it touched his hand
What an angry fool
To condemn.

One more night to go
One more sleep upon your burning banks
A greedy man never knows
What he's done.

A natural beauty should be preserved like a monument to nature
Don't start yourself too short, my love
Or someday you might find your soul endangered
A natural beauty should be preserved like a monument to nature.

Went to the rodeo today
I saw the cowgirls lined up on the fence
A brand new Chevrolet
A brand new pair of seamless pants.

We watched the moment of defeat
Played back over on the video screen
Somewhere deep inside
Of my soul.

A natural beauty should be preserved like a monument to nature.

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