A song about the typical human attitude to pollution: someone else’s problem.
It fits the tune of the Gordon Lightfoot song Sundown.
1
We’re so clever! We’re so cool!
Human beings, such arrogant fools.
We poison all of the world,
Chromasomes of every boy and girl.
We poison all of the world,
Chromasomes of every boy and girl.
2
Each synthetic deployed on the farm,
Extra unexpected harm.
Will we ever learn –
Sabotaging Nature has a heavy return?
Will we ever learn –
Sabotaging Nature has a heavy return?
3
Man-made chemicals won’t break down:
Ocean trash circling round and round –
Drowned dolphins, turtles and whales,
Seabirds dead and the breeding failed.
Drowned dolphins, turtles and whales,
Seabirds dead and the breeding failed.
4
Plastic dust is everywhere –
Inside you, but you still don’t care!
You even complain whenever I shout:
You say the bottle’s broken and the genie is out.
You even complain whenever I shout:
You say the bottle’s broken and the genie is out.
5
OK – you say it’s too late,
So we’ll be leaving you to your fate:
Some of us are up on our feet,
Some of us are going to hit the street!
Some of us are up on our feet,
Some of us are going to hit the street!
6
If you block your ears and close your eyes,
You’re still in for a nasty surprise.
Because here’s the choice, same as ever before –
The fight comes to you, or you go to war.
Yes, here’s the choice, same as ever before –
The fight comes to you, or you go to war.
© Christopher Jessop 2022
