A Sad World

A Sad World

Animals and insects are in decline;

It’s not a good time to be a porcupine,

A lion, an orangutan, a colobus monkey,

An eagle a bumble bee.

Habitation disappearing everywhere;

If animals were people there would be despair;

Who would be a tiger, bat, gorilla,

Orca, polar bear,

A rabbit or a hare?

Oh baby baby it’s a sad world,

(Fossil fuels and palm oil)

Deforestation; It ought to be a crime,

(Pesticides in the soil)

Oh baby baby it’s a sad world,

(Plastic floating in the sea)

Mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, dying all the time,

(Polyester industry).

Schoolchildren protesting in the street,

Conservationists with politicians meet,

Climate change is devastating, it’s clearly

A global emergency.

Still in spite of what the climate scientists say,

Mining, drilling, fracking, barons have their way,

Solar, wind, and hydro, might be cleaner,

But it’s not okay,

Cos it doesn’t pay.

Oh baby baby it’s a sad world,

(Children breathing poisoned air)

The floods and the forest fires are pretty vile,

(Powerful people well-aware)

Oh baby baby it’s a sad world,

(But even if they really care)

The stocks dictate, the board is denial,

(It’s evermore beyond repair).

Oh baby baby it’s a sad world,

(Climate change deniers now)

Trails of carbon are all we leave behind,

(Walk the corridors of power)

Oh baby baby it’s a sad world,

(To big business they bow)

Cruel politicians and the greed inclined,

(Make the world a cash-cow).