Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder

Feeding Off The Love of the Land


1991 album JUNGLE FEVER


Composer * Stevie Wonder
Produced & Arranged * Stevie Wonder
Musicians * Stevie Wonder: all instruments

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"Feeding Off The Love Of The Land" is a song composed by Stevie Wonder years ago, in the 70's. The song appears at the end of the movie Jungle Fever 1991 in the credits, and curiously does not appear on the album. The song also becomes to be protagonist to appear next to the release of the single called "Gotta Have You".

This song was also part of a album from 1990 to help orphaned children in Romania. His title was Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal, and there also contributed artists as Elton John, Van Morrison, or Paul Simon among others.
Feeding Off The Love of the Land
Rumors also pointed out that the song could have been part of an abandoned album by Stevie Wonder entitled "Fulfillingness' Second Finale". Sensibility, delicacy, and good taste in the composition, something nothing strange if we are talking about the genius Stevie Wonder.






Feeding Off The Love Of The Land

Lyrics

Seems the wisdom of man hasn't got much wiser
Than the very beginning of our time
Agree or war has been our way of compromising
Let live and love has become our biggest lie

Seems to me that fools are even more foolish
Thinking of themselves and nobody else
But then if asked for poor will riches be replenished
They say boot straps must be pulled up by themselves

Feeding off the love of the land
Leaving much to be desired

Living off the love of the Lord
While the price for life is higher

Isn't love to be admired
Has the good in man expired
Stealing all the love and the beauty from the land

I awake each morning to the birds a-singing
Singing out to God to come and save his own
But when throughout the world the cry of love is ringing
Is then when He'll stop to hear our song

Did you know that when you feel the earth a-shaken
It's only mother nature with a crying heart
You see we have taken from her for so many ages
Will there be a time when taking stops and giving starts

'Cause we're feeding off the love of the land
Leaving much to be desired

Living off the love of the Lord
While the price for life is higher

Isn't love to be admired
Has the good in man expired
Stealing all the love and the beauty from the land

Yes we are feeding off the love of the land
Never hearing what He's saying

Living off the love of the Lord
Never feeling what you're praying

Never praising Him for beauty
Only praying God please give me

Stealing all the love and the beauty from the land
Stealing all the love and the beauty from His land

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