THE EARTH NEEDS HELP
The polar bear can't find his iceberg,
It doesn't exist anymore,
The bed where he slept is now nothing but wet
Water awash on the shore;
The rhino looks up at the zoo wall,
They barely hang on in the wild,
Their horn is a prize in the wrong people's eyes,
Each one gets killed with a smile;
So in the jungle zone and at the arctic shelves, the race is on,
And the earth, the earth, needs help.
The monarch is only an insect,
And milkweed's a pest, don't you know,
So why should we care if there's fewer each year
To fly down to Mexico?
The honey bee's taken for granted,
But her buzzin' ain't heard like before,
Some disorder they claim is the problem to blame,
No one comes up with a cure;
So in the meadow fields and the forest dells, the race is on,
And the earth, the earth, needs help.
They're cuttin' down the Amazon forest,
Everybody says it's a sin,
'Cept for those who get rich by every tree in the ditch,
And they'll never listen, my friend;
The Pacific has its own problem,
A trash heap swirlin' around,
Now, plastic is great, but it's as big as a state,
No one will tow it to ground;
So on the tossing waves and in the orchid's realm, the race is on,
And the earth, the earth, needs help.
The ozone used to be a big topic,
Though the hole in the sky is still there,
When's the last time you heard on the news any word,
Of what's goin' on up there?
Should an oil well go dry it's no problem,
They know just what to do with it then,
To pump down at no haste they've a chemical waste,
To fill it back up again;
So from that burning sky to the poison wells, the race is on,
And the earth, the earth, needs help.
There's a cloud over China you can't breathe,
All the people wear surgical masks,
Now, should we not fear it will work its way here,
Is all that I mean to ask;
The nuclear waste that we discharge,
Is low-level and poses no threat,
So the bureaucrats say, just go on with your day,
I'm amazed that we haven't learned yet,
Amazed that we have not learned yet,
'Cause from the ocean floor to that cloud's death smell, the race is on,
And the earth, the earth, needs help.
The earth, the earth, needs help.