It's been a battle between The beatles and the trees I fear we're losing ground To the onslaught of disease We haven't lost the war We can bring in the relief But the fires are coming And the people don't believe Invisible armies eating From the root to the leaf Giant soldiers dying In the battles for the trees They've thinned the ranks But we've got them in retreat If this heat stops rising We might have them beat We haven't lost the war We can bring in the relief But the fires are coming And the people don't believe Invisible armies eating From the root to the leaf Giant soldiers dying In the battles for the trees