Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elisapie
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Willy Mitchell
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elisapie
Producer
Joe Grass
Producer
Paul Evans
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I listen to the older folks, to what they have to say
I listen to the waterfall beggin' for another day
I listen to an eagle cry, dying high in the sky
I listen to the call of the moose as she lays down to die
[Verse 2]
Don't you know you gotta let 'em be?
Don't you know? Can't you see?
[Verse 3]
I listen to the man of the law, I listen to his way
I listen to the crack of the gun, I'm the one that had to pay
I listen to the Ojibway chant, to the drumming of the Cree
I listen to the cry of the people dying of mercury
[Verse 4]
Don't you know, gotta let 'em be?
Don't you know? Can't you see?
Don't you know, gotta let 'em be?
[Verse 5]
Listen to the whippoorwill, the crickets all in tune
I listen to the dying trees and to the whistling of the loon
I listen to the howling wolf echo throughout the night
I listen to the bark of the seal, he's just a bloody sight
[Verse 6]
Don't you know, gotta let 'em be?
Don't you know? Can't you see?
Don't you know, gotta let 'em be?
Don't you know? Can't you see?
[Verse 7]
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
[Verse 8]
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Written by: Willy Mitchell