Do you think that you or me
Would jump into a raging sea
To gallantly try to save another
A stranger, a child, sister or brother
听
Then why is it we treat nature with
A contempt that defies our will to live
We hopelessly and recklessly plunder
While our world replies with rain and thunder
听
Did our forefathers who fished and farmed
Know that they were doing harm
By making life better for themselves
and massing food upon the shelves
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Now we no longer walk for need
Our penchant for waste displays our greed
Our want for cars and material things
Is justified with recycling bins
听
We听constantly search for life听elsewhere
Scanning space, we know it's there
When we find it, oh there'll be a fuss!
But are they intelligent like us?
听
Do they watch from far away
As we destroy the very place we play
Until all that's left of conquering man
Shall be carbon footprints in the sand
听
Will听our听grandchildren wake one day
To see the sky has gone away
And as they watch our planet burn
Will they blame us who never learned?
