And I laid there in the pine cones all night
I woke in the morning when all the trees were gone
I got this sinking feeling, everything felt wrong
Strip malls and dollar stores and diesel in the air
I slept in a rowboat
And I anchored far from shore
Now I don't hear them chain saws no more
I woke in the morning
When someone pulled the plug
I was stranded in the lake bottom sludge
With all the tires, paint cans and things
Every little critter, feather, fur and fin
Cried to mother nature to come back for them
For every piece of litter, for every little sin
She cried for all of them, feather, fur and fin
I went to an island down the Caribbean way
And I laid there in the sand all day
I turned on a radio and I heard the DJ say
"Baton down the hatches down Santa Elena way"
I swam the ocean reef but the coral all was grey
Every little critter, feather, fur and fin
Cried for mother nature to come back for them
For every piece of litter, for every little sin
She cried for all of them, feather, fur and fin
She saw the eagle's eye weeping in the willow
She prayed to the mantis and she cried into her pillow
For the salmon in the Fraser and the salamander's kin
She cried for all of them, feather, fur and fin
I went to the city when all the trees were gone
And I lay there on her asphalt lawn
She cried out a thousand days of hurricanes and floods
Her face ran with tears, and the streets ran with blood
Fur coats and sushi boats and diesel in the air
Every little critter, feather, fur and fin
Cried for mother nature to come back for them
For every piece of litter, for every little sin
She cried for all of them, feather, fur and fin
Feather, fur and fin, she cried for all of them
She cried for every fin

Danny Michel is a Canadian artist, songwriter and producer.
Michel (Mish-elle) is a multi-Juno and Polaris Music Prize nominated songwriter from Ontario, Canada. Michel began making solo records in the 1990s after being a member of many bands including the power-pop trio Starling. Soon after he signed a deal with MapleMusic Recordings/Universal Music Canada in 2003 and released "Tales From The Invisible Man". In 2004, he was nominated as "New Artist of the Year” at the Canadian Juno Awards and later released “Valhalla”. In 2008 Michel purchased the publishing of his entire catalogue back and independently released the album "Feather, Fur & Fin". The title track quickly landed on the "Playlist for the Planet" released by the David Suzuki Foundation. In the years to come Michel released albums independently and with Six Shooter Records (Canada) & Cumbancha Records (US)
Between 2006 & 2015 Michel performed over 75 times as the musical guest on Stuart McLean's The Vinyl Cafe and in 2019 performed for Dr. Jane Goodall at her 85th birthday party.
Michel’s most current album “Ghost Town” was released independently in 2022. The 1st single “Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself” was CBC’s TOP 20 #1 voted song of the year.