From the recording Simply the Environment
You can easily sing along with this for Earth Day 2020. Sign up with your email address so you can download the whole thing. Then check out the lyrics. The melody is familiar--the old Shaker song, Simple Gifts.
Lyrics
Simply the Environment
Lyrics Copyright 2019 Dana Clark
Traditional melody ('Tis a Gift to Be Simple) adapted by Dana Clark
We are here with a warning for there's no time to lose
We are facing a challenge we cannot refuse
For the planet is in peril and we all have heard the news
Will it be life or death? We're the ones who must choose
CHORUS: With true compassion as our guide
Our work for the earth will extend planet-wide
We will turn, turn despair into delight
As we're turning, turning the wrong to right
We all know global warming will be hard to control
But a climate disaster threatens to unfold
The tornadoes and the hurricanes take ever greater tolls
While the ice keeps on melting at both of the poles
Yes, the crisis is here and we cannot close our eyes
We have all seen the truth in spite of all the lies
For the evidence has mounted though some still try to deny
Do we know where we'll go when the sea levels rise?
Will our grandchildren suffer? Will their children breathe free?
Will their grandchildren sail on oceans that are clean?
Will they grieve for all the animals that they will never see?
Will the world be a desert or will it be green?