Whenever my head starts to hurt

Before it goes from bad to feeling worse

I turn off my phone

I get down low

And put my hands in the dirt.

I try to stop the world from moving so fast

Try to get a grip on where I'm at

And simplify

This dizzy life

And put my feet in the grass.

I'm going back to the earth

I'm going back to the earth

I'm going back to work

I'm going back to the earth.

The only explanation for a high rise

Must be that everybody wants to get high

And move on up

To a deluxe

Apartment in the sky.

Well, the higher we go, the taller we grow

We lose sight of the land below

Well, you can have your place

Up in outer space

'cause my home is where my food is grown.

[X2]

I'm going back to the earth

I'm going back to the earth

I'm going back to work

I'm going back to the earth.

(All right lets get the rest in over this bridge)

We are animals (we are animals)

We are wild (we are wild)

We started with the motion

At the bottom of the ocean

Now we're swinging from the tops of the trees.

We are animals (we are animals)

We are wild (we are wild)

And to truly be forgiven

We must all get back to living

With the land in harmony.

[X4]

I'm going back to the earth

I'm going back to the earth

I'm going back to work

I'm going back to the earth

(Two more times around!)