The Trader

the trader ( carl wilson/jack rieley ) album : holland part 1 : Verse : D A F#m7 trader sailed a jeweled crown humanity rowed the way G G/F# . Em D Em F#m exploring to command more land , scheming how to rule the waves . D A F#m trader spied a virgin plain and named it for velvet robes G G/F# Em D Em F#m wrote home declaring there’s a place where totally folks are free D/A A/C# G/D nourishment fills the prairies and the hillsides D/A A/C# G/D and animals stalk the mountains and the seaside D/A A/C# G/D . D A D and fish abound the lakes and birds the skies , signed sincerely . Verse : trader found the jeweled land was occupied before he came by humans of a second look who couldn’t even write their names shame trader said they’re not as good as folks who wear velvet robes wrote home again and asked , "please help , their breasts i see; they’re not like me Chorus : banish them from our prairies and our hillsides clear them from our mountains and our seaside i want them off our lakes so please reply , signed sincerely . Verse : trader he got the crown okay , cleared humanity from his way he civilized all he saw making changes every single day , say Chorus : shops sprang over the prairies and the hillsides then roads cut through the mountains to the seaside the other kind fled to hide , by and by , and so sincerely G cried . part 2 : G/D F/C C F/C C G/B C making it softly , like the evening sea , trying to be C/A G making it go . C/A G/B F/C C F/C C G/B C creating it gently , like a morning breeze , a life of ease G/B C C/A D/E D C D/E D C eyes that see beyond tomorrow , through to the time without hours D/E D C C/A G passing the eden of flowers , reason to live . G/D F/C C F/C C G/B C embracing together , like the merging streams , crying dreams C/A G making it full C/A G/B F/C C F/C C G/B C begging intently , for a slight reprieve , a night of ease G/B C C/A D/E D C D/E D C hands to touch beyond the sorrow , on to the force without power D/E D C C/A G piercing the crust of the tower , reason to live . D/E D C D/E D C D/E D C C/A G C/A G/B hoping , like a budding rose , humbling shows making it struggling lonely , like a desert field , break the seal , make it real ears to hear , beyond the showers , on to the suns of tomorrows burning the flesh of all sorrows , D/C C reason to live D/C C reason to continue D/C C reason to go on D/C C reason to live D/C C reason to live D/C C reason to live