Human Ways

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Can’t make a linnet’s wing
No matter the skills we bring
Can’t match the glory of
The crocus flowers in the early spring
Can’t build a mountain stream
Can’t live a dolphin’s dream
Can’t listen to the blue whales calling
And know what they mean

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But we’ve found human ways
While exploring life’s wonder-maze
And we’ll go on learning
As we venture through these coming days

Can’t fall like summer rain
Can’t move like a hurricane
Can’t flutter like a butterfly
Along a country lane
Can’t grow a toucan’s bill
Can’t build a termite hill
Can’t show the fine array of colours
That a rainbow will

Can’t use an eagle’s eye
Can’t glow like a firefly
Can’t spin a spider’s web
And wait until a meal comes by
Can’t run like cheetahs run
Can’t create a setting sun
Can’t light the night sky
Like the moon does when the day is done