Long before these towns and buildings were here when these great woods were still young even though our rings were few back then we were here, we were here and the sun looked down and smiled on us and the rain came as rain will our trunks grew wide, our bark grew thick we were here, we were here CHORUS We are the kings and queens of the forest we are strong we belong to the earth We are the kings and queens of the forest we are strong and the earth belongs to us and now we are the life of these woods we are home to countless creatures for the beetles, bears, and spotted owls we are here, we are here and we help the air stay clean for you and we hold the soil fast and the birds play in our canopy above we are here, we are here CHORUS and if you will help take care of us and keep us safe from harm then when your children run in these woods we'll be here, we'll be here CHORUS (2x)