Feather Fur & Fin
Danny Michel Lyrics

I went to the country
Danny Michel visited the countryside

to escape the noise and lights
He wanted to get away from the loud sounds and bright lights of the city

I laid there in the pine cones all night
Danny spent the night resting among pine cones

I woke in the morning
The next morning, he woke up

and all the trees were gone
Unfortunately, all the trees had disappeared

I got this sinking feeling
Danny felt a deep sense of despair

everything felt wrong
His surroundings were not right, making him feel uneasy

There were strip malls and dollar stores
Danny saw commercialized areas with big-box stores

and diesel in the air
The atmosphere was filled with the fumes of diesel fuel

So I slept in a row boat
He decided to rest in a boat

and I anchored far from shore
He cast the anchor a good distance away from the land

Now I don't hear them chainsaws no more
Danny doesn't hear the sound of chainsaws anymore

I woke in the morning
Danny woke up the following day once again

when someone pulled the plug
Suddenly, something catastrophic has occurred

I was stranded in the lake bottom sludge
He was left secluded in the sludge at the bottom of the lake

With all the tires, paint cans and things
All sorts of debris like tires and paint cans surrounded him

Every little critter
Each and every small animal

with feather, fur & fin
Those that were covered in feathers, fur or fins

cried to Mother Nature
The animals were calling upon the environment's natural force

to come back for them
The critters want nature to return to normalcy

for every piece of litter
They cried out for help regarding every bit of garbage

for every little sin
They prayed for mistakes and wrongdoings to be rectified

She cried for all of them
Mother Nature empathized with every little creature

She saw the eagle's eye
Mother Nature saw the perspective of the bald eagle

weeping in the willow
The mighty bird was crying in a willow tree

She prayed to the mantis
Mother Nature made supplications to the mantis

and she cried into her pillow
The being let out tears into his or her pillow

for the salmon in the Fraser
He or she cried out for the salmon in the Fraser river

and the salamander's kin
He or she was also sad about the salamander families

Well, I went to the city
Danny visited the metropolis

when all the trees were gone
He went to the city when all available trees were already gone

and I laid there on a asphalt lawn
Danny rested on a patch of asphalt

And she cried out a thousand days
Mother Nature expressed her sorrow for a very long time

of hurricanes and floods
The cause of the extended misery involved natural disasters

Her face ran with tears
Mother Nature shed an abundant amount of tears

and the streets ran with blood
Blood flowed through the roads

Fur coats and sushi boats
The song mentions items such as fur coats and boats that are used to transport sushi

Every little critter
The song again mentions the small animals

with feather, fur & fin
These animals were still covered in feathers, fur, or fins

cried to Mother Nature
Once again, the creatures cried out for Mother Nature to intercede

to come back for them
They were asking for nature to come back in full force

for every piece of litter
They requested assistance in regards to every piece of garbage

for every little sin
They desired healing for all of their sins and errors

She cried for all of them
Once again, Mother Nature empathized with all of the little critters

feather, fur & fin
The final line of the song repeats the phrase

she cried for all of them
Danny reiterates that Mother Nature cried in support of all of the creatures mentioned throughout the song

for feather, fur & fin,
The final phrase of the song is a reaffirmation of the previous mentioned animals

she cried for every fin
The little creatures garner every tear and emotion from Mother Nature