From the recording 7. EarthSong II
Like many people, I am concerned about humanity's effect on the Earth's environment. My first EarthSong appeared as a track in the CD: Nothing Seems Like What it Seems. That song spoke in general about how "they're taking our space way" and "covering the light of day". Earthsong II is a more detailed song, in that it talks about rising oceans, about estrogenic chemicals appearing in the food we eat that can feminize males, and so on.
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EARTHSONG II Michael Dyer © 2007 In every stream around, prescription drugs abound, With frogs hermaphrodite, their loins, such a fright. Strong winds are here to stay, that blow our homes away. All oceans on the rise, small islands their first prize. Asphalt replaces trees, makes room for SUVs. Our oxygen is low, just like the mountain snow. With spider genes in food, what brew is being brewed? A child with genes mal-formed, comes from an Earth deformed. Our estrogenic plates, will men emasculate. Our gas that's octane plus, our girls androgynous. Our fuel, it burns so hot, heats up the Earth a lot. Where are the glaciers? Polar bears, no need for furs. The ozone hole, it grows. Sun burns us while we doze, And gasoline explodes, as every auto knows. Clogged freeways now a curse. A coronary burst. Clogged airways now a curse, a cancer getting worse. The Earth, she does now cry. So many species die. The Earth, she does now cry. She's asking us just "Why?" She's asking us just "Why?" She's asking us just, "Why?"