Is the Guess Who song “Share the Land” eschatological in nature? Is it foretelling a not-too-distant communal future? I’m going to offer my own interpretation of the song, which may or may not fit the actual meaning. First the actual lyrics.
Share the Land
by The Guess Who
Have you been around
Have you done your share of coming down
On different things that people do
Have you been aware
You got brothers and sisters who care
About what’s gonna happen to you
In a year from now…
Maybe I’ll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I’ll be there to share the land
That they’ll be giving away
When we all live together.
Did you pay your dues
Did you read the news
This morning when the paper landed in your yard
Do you know their names
Can you play their games
And coming down a bit too hard…
Shake your hand, share the land
Shake your hand, share the land
You know I’ll be standing by
To help you if you worry….
[trailing off]
No more sadness, no more sorrow, no more bad times
every day coming sunshine, everyday everybody laughing
walking together by the river, walking together and
laughing, everybody singing together, everybody singing and
laughing, good times good times, everybody walking by the
river now, walking singing talking smiling laughing loving
each other.
Let’s dissect this lyric by lyric.

Have you been around
Have you done your share of coming down
On different things that people do
Signifies conflict. “Coming down on things that people do” ? Perhaps the hearer came down too harshly on someone.
You got brothers and sisters who care

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:2
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11

About what’s gonna happen to you in a year from now…
Signifies something potentially damaging which might happen. Is it the draft? Is it the war? Is the song addressed to someone going to be in Vietnam for a year?
Maybe I’ll be there to shake your hand
Shaking someone hand indicates friendship. A reunion perhaps. Perhaps someone coming back from the war?
Maybe I’ll be there to share the land
“Sharing the land” reminds me of “The Land” ride at Epcot. It’s where you ride along on a boat through plant areas. Shows you different and unique ways of growing crops.
“The Land” could also mean our earthly possessions. Anything materialistic we’re going to share in the long run. In the end of days….
That they’ll be giving away
When we all live together.
“Living together” could mean living in a commune. Maybe a heavenly home?
Did you pay your dues
Did you read the news
This morning when the paper landed in your yard
Do you know their names
Can you play their games
And coming down a bit too hard…
I think this set of verses might mean something about the list of dead soldiers listed in the paper during the Vietnam war. There was always a body count listed on the nightly news back then.
No more sadness, no more sorrow, no more bad times

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
Revelation 21:4

every day coming sunshine

“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.”
Matthew 13:43

everybody walking by the river now

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb”
Revelation 22:1

everybody singing and laughing

“Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. ”
James 5:13

In short I think the song is probably a protest song about the Vietnam war. But it could be interpreted to mean an eschatological in nature. I’d like to think that it is about a heavenly home where we’d all share all things in common. But I’m pretty sure that The Guess Who wasn’t exactly thinking about heaven when they wrote the song.
We see songs how we want to see them. Apply our own definitions to them. Relate them to our own life experiences and beliefs.