Voor St. Franciscus, ook bekend als Werelddierendag, een toepasselijk lied dat natuurlijk op alle dagen van het jaar geplaatst had kunnen worden.
I was just thinking about the way it’s supposed to be,
I’ll eat the plants and the fruit from the trees,
And I’ll live on vegetables and I’ll grow on seeds,
But I don’t eat animals and they don’t eat me,
Oh no, I don’t eat animals ‘cause I love them, you see,
I don’t eat animals, I want nothing dead in me.
I don’t eat white flour, white sugar makes you rot,
Oh, white could be beautiful but mostly it’s not.
A little bit of whole meal, some raisins and cheese,
But I don’t eat animals and they don’t eat me.
Oh no, I don’t eat animals ‘cause I love them, you see,
I don’t eat animals, I want nothing dead in me.
A little bit of whole meal, some raisins and cheese,
I’ll eat the plants and the fruit from the trees,
And I’ll live on vegetables and I’ll grow on seeds,
But I won’t eat animals and they won’t eat me,
Oh no, I’ll live on life, I want nothing dead in me,
You know I’ll become life and my life will become me,
You know I’ll live on life and my life will live on me.
Melanie (Safka), 1970
