Environmental Song Lyrics
Don't Kill the Whale
(Jon Anderson/Chris Squire from YES)
You're
first I'm last
Your thirst I'm asked to justify
Killing our last heaven beast
Don't hunt the whale
In beauty vision do we offer much
If we reason with destiny, gonna lose our touch
Don't kill the whale
Rejoice they sing, they worship their own space
In a moment of love, they will die for their grace
Don't kill the whale
If time will allow we will judge all who came
In the wake of our new age to stand for the frail
Don't kill the whale
CETACEI....
Mercy, Mercy Me
(Marvin Gaye)
Woo ah, mercy mercy me
Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
Woo mercy, mercy me, mercy father
Ah, things ain't what they used to be, no no
Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas, fish full of mercury
Ah oh mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
Radiation under ground and in the sky
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
Oh mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be
What about this overcrowded land
How much more abuse from man can she stand?
Men In Helicopters
(Adrian Belew)
wouldn't it be great...
to see the african plains
before they lay them to waste...
and only the bones remain
wouldn't it be poetry...
to shoot holes in the poachers we see
with an elephant gun...
men in helicopters fly
shooting rhinos from out of the sky
why do we always assume the planet is ours to ruin
what a legacy...
we're leaving behind...
what a legacy
wouldn't it be something...
for the men killing dolphins
to be caught up by their necks...
in their greedy fishing nets
wouldn't it be irony...
if the tuna fish canneries were to fall into the sea...
dolphins and the whales still left alive
cry to the stars in the deep blue night
'there's nowhere to hide,
the people on earth will not be denied'
what a legacy...
we're leaving behind...
what a legacy
wouldn't it be odd...
if there really was a God
and He looked down on earth
and saw what we've done to Her
wouldn't it be just...
if He pulled the plug on us and took away the sun
men in helicopters fly
shooting rhinos from out of the sky
why do we always assume the planet is ours to ruin
oh, and all the dolphins alive are cryin' to the deep blue night
'there's nowhere to hide,
the people on earth will not be denied'
what a legacy...
we're leaving behind
Calypso
(John Denver)
To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean
To ride on the crest of the wild raging storm
To work in the service of life and the living
In search of the answers to questions unkown
To be part of the movement and part of the growing
Part of beginning to understand
Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you
So long and so well
Like the dolphin who guides you
You bring us beside you
To light up the darkness and show us the way
For though we are strangers in your silent world
To live on the land we must learn from the sea
To be true as the tide
And free as a wind-swell
Joyful and loving in letting it be
Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you
So long and so well
(written
for Jacques Cousteau and the crew of Calypso)
Trees
(Neil Peart from Rush)
There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas.
The trouble with the maples,
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade.
There is trouble in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
As the maples scream "Oppression!"
And the oaks just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
"The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."
Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.
(Paul Williams/Roger Nichols from Three Dog Night)
Whenever I need to leave it all behind
Or feel the need to get away
I find a quiet place, far from the human race
Out in the country
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Whenever I feel them closing in on me
Or need a bit of room to move
When life becomes too fast, I find relief at last
Out in the country
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime...
I stand alone...
More to
come!
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