Lyrics - "Singin' for the Earth"
Save ‘em
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
From deep in the forest you hear a chorus call to you
Over and over again you hear your name
The voices are scared, there’s smoke in the air as they call to you
And the flames are getting closer all the time
We’ve got to save ‘em
Oh got to save ‘em, uh-huh
It takes people to see
Like you and me to save ‘em
We’ve got to save ‘em
Oh save ‘em, uh-huh
What kind of world will it be
If you and me don’t save ‘em
The taking of trees, it’s like a disease, it goes on and on
And the scars are growing bigger everyday
The chainsaws moan, fire burns their homes, and they call to you
Smoke rises up and the trees fall to the ground
(chorus)
instrumental
(chorus)
Sing About the Manatee
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Won’t you sing a song with me
Sing about the manatee
Won’t you sing along with me
About the manatee
A manatee’s a great big animal
A manatee’s a great big mammal
Manatees spend their lives in the rivers and the sea
Ly-lo, ly-lo, ly-lo, ly…
They find their food under the water
The green and grassy plants
They float around just under the water
Doing the manatee dance
(chorus)
They float around under the water
The way they like to be
Sometimes their nose sticks up so they can breathe
The air like you and me
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With two small flippers and one big tail
They don’t move very fast
So we’ve got to be careful when we’re in a boat
Or the manatees just won’t last
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The Lady in the Tree
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Oh there’s a lady in a tree
Who sits so patiently
Among the branches she has
Found her place to be
Oh the lady in the tree
Is there for you and me
And those who aren’t yet born
And don’t yet see
With the lady there the tree is still standing
With the lady there the dream is still alive
With the lady there the tree is still standing
With the lady there the Earth may still survive
Oh there’s a lady in a tree
Who sits so patiently
While people down below
They fuss and they fight
She’s just a lady in a tree
But she means so much to me
She’s there because she believes
Her cause is right
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The Landfill Blues
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Walkin’ around the streets downtown
And my oh my
I wouldn’t have guessed I’d find such a mess
It hurt my eye
Glass bottles and metal cans
And newspapers dropped from someone’s hands
Aluminum, a plastic jug, they just don’t understand
I got the land, I got the land, I got the landfill blues
I got the land, I got the land, I got the landfill blues
We dig a hole in the ground, but it’s not always round
And build a mountain up to the sky
And to throw in our trash we’ve got to pay out the cash
And dig another hole by and by
For glass bottles and metal cans
And newspapers dropped from someone’s hands
Aluminum, a plastic jug, they just don’t understand
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Well now you’d think we would learn as this old world turns
There’s got to be a better way
Instead of calling it trash, turn it into some cash
Recycle and reuse I say!
Those glass bottles and metal cans
And newspapers dropped from someone’s hands
Aluminum, a plastic jug, come on and get with the plan
And lose the land, and lose the land, and lose the landfill blues
Yeah, lose the land, lose the land, lose the landfill blues
Extinction
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Some lived a long time ago, like the dinosaurs
And now their memory’s all we know, fossils in a jar
Some swam in the water, some used their wings to fly
Some walked around on this very same ground
But there’s no more left alive
Extinction means gone forever
Extinction means they’re not coming back
Extinction means gone forever
It’s time to make extinction a thing of the past
And even right now, today, there are animals
That could quickly die away, endangered animals
Some swim in the water, some use their wings to fly
Some walk around on this very same ground
We’ve got to help them you and I
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We burn and clear their habitat, like it’s ours alone
And put our farms or buildings there, the place they call their home
Some are chased by hunters, like the rhino and the whale
Some won’t be found on this very same ground
Unless someone helps them tell their tale
Extinction, got to save the tiger
Extinction, save the manatee, too
Extinction means gone forever
Got to save them from extinction, yeah, me and you
We can save them from extinction, me and you
Every Living Thing
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Every living thing on the Earth has got its place
On this little blue planet that’s spinning around in space
Yeah, every living thing on the Earth is meant to be
From the birds in the sky, to the fish down in the sea
Eins, zwei, drei / uno, due, tre
Un, deux, trois / one, two, three
And we’re all singing for the Earth from Australia
To Asia and Africa
Antarctica and Europe and North and South America
And even out on the water the sailors
Are catching the notion
From Atlantic to Pacific and the Arctic and Indian Oceans
Ichi, ni, san / ahdeen, dvah, tree
Uno, dos, tres / one, two, three
Every living thing on the Earth has a role to play
As day turns to night, and night once again to day
Yeah, every living thing here on Earth needs a place to be
And deserves a chance to live, like you and me
Un, deux, trois / uno, due tre
Eins, zwei, drei / one, two, three
And we’re all singing for the Earth from Australia
To Asia and Africa
Antarctica and Europe and North and South America
And even out on the water the sailors
Are catching the notion
From Atlantic to Pacific and the Arctic and Indian Oceans
Ichi, ni, san / ahdeen, dvah, tree
Uno, dos, tres / one, two, three
Un, deux, trois / uno, due tre
Eins, zwei, drei / one, two, three
On Goes the Water Cycle
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Some days you see the dark clouds rolling up over your head
It makes you want to stay inside, and maybe just stay in bed
But you must remember this my friend, the clouds are a part of it all
Yeah, the deep blue sea and the Sun up above together make the water fall
And we sing,
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
And on goes the water cycle
Evaporation isn’t magic, but it makes water disappear
If you want to know how it happens, just listen and I’ll make it clear
When the Sun comes out the water heats up and changes into a gas
And the gas floats up and goes into the sky and clouds are what we’ll have
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Now there’s something called condensation
That sounds pretty complicated, too
But if condensation didn’t happen, the water wouldn’t know what to do
It’s when water that’s already changed into gas, cools down by and by
And it changes back into a liquid and makes clouds up in the sky
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Now the third part of this cycle that makes water go round and round
It’s what we call precipitation, when water falls to the ground
When those drops of water up in the clouds get bigger and more and more
They fall down to Earth and the cycle begins, just like it did before
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Slash and Burn
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
In the forests of the Amazon, it happens every day
Flames are up and the race is on, there’s no way to stay
Got to find a place to run to, there’s no way to return
All the life in the jungle knows slash and burn
Slash and burn, when are we gonna learn
We can’t treat our planet this way
Slash and burn when are we gonna learn
That someday, we’re gonna pay…for slash and burn
In the forests of Africa, and Indonesia, too
Trees have fallen and the homes are gone, of animals we knew
Got to find a place to run to, there’s no way to return
All the life in the jungle knows slash and burn
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They see the smoke and they smell the smell, of what people do
They need our help and they need it now, they need me and you
We’ve got to join together, and tell them what we’ve learned
Can’t let it keep on going, we’ve got to stop slash and burn
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The Rain Forest Song
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Here’s our song about a place
That’s threatened by the human race
Want to let you know, want to let you know
Tropical rain falls on tropical trees
The tropical rain forest won’t you please
Help us save it now, help us save it now
Ooh, it gives us air to breathe
Ooh, the animals call it home
Ooh, its medicines help you and me
Ooh, help us save it before it’s gone
They burn and cut it down to farm
But we all know it’s doing harm
To the animals, there’s no place to go
Monkey’s rush from tree to tree
Calling out for their family
Fire’s coming now, must escape somehow
Ooh, it gives us air to breathe
Ooh, the animals call it home
Ooh, its medicines help you and me
Ooh, help us save it before it’s gone
All the birds in all the trees
Every insect and every leaf
Is important, too, here’s what we must do
Tell everybody that it’s not okay
To let the forests just burn away
Got to say it loud, got to say it proud!
Chorus
Do Something About It
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
Birds in the sky and clouds are hanging over them
Pollution in the air and in the sea
Fish down below are looking up and seeing oil spills
Is this the way we want our world to be (NO, NO, NO)
It’s not just somebody else, it’s you
It’s not just some other people it’s me
If we don’t do something about it ourselves
Imagine what kind of world it will be
What kind of world will it be?
Snakes and sloths and even tigers and rhinoceros
Losing land they used to call their home
Endangered now, but if we don’t get down to solving this
We’ll wake up one day soon and they’ll be gone (GONE,GONE,GONE)
Chorus
Giants of the land and giants of the ocean now
Need our help to simply stay alive
Elephants and whales in danger of extinction now
Tell me, can you simply say goodbye? (BYE,BYE,BYE)
Chorus
Antarctica
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
I know a place, a very cool place
In the southern hemisphere, it’s a long way from here
It’s the coldest continent, you’d sure know it if you went
It’s surrounded by a sea, that’s as salty as can be
Antarctica, volcanoes and iceberg
Antarctica, where it’s windy and cold
Antarctica, with its mountains and glaciers
Is the land at the bottom of the world
Well it gives me a thrill, to tell you ‘bout krill
They live in the sea, and they’re as tiny as can be
They eat microscopic plants, and there’s a mighty big chance
They’ll make a really good meal, for a penguin, whale, or seal
Chorus
Now penguins are neat, with their big webbed feet
They’re all dressed up to go to a party or a show
They’ve got feathers like all birds, but haven’t you heard?
They can’t fly in the air, but they swim without a care
Chorus
Seals live on the ice, or on the land sometimes is nice
They go fishing in the sea, and seem as happy as can be
They fill their bellies up with krill, even the Crabeater will
But if a Leopard seal they see, then the penguins all will flee
Chorus
Down here the whales are really king, and baleen’s their special thing
That let’s them strain out all the krill, so they can eat their fill
Could be a Humpback or a Blue, or a Minke whale it’s true
And they communicate in song, as they travel on along
Chorus
I Can Make A Difference
©1999 John Paul Taylor, Jr.
In this big world it’s easy to feel small
Like whatever you do won’t make a difference at all
You see it everyday, it’s what all the people say
But I’m here to tell you, don’t believe that it’s true
Because I, I can make a difference in this world
And I’m like no one else, man or woman, boy or girl
And what I dream, I can make into reality
Yes, I can make a difference in this world, just wait and see
The pictures on the news, babies with no food
Fighting in the streets and people with no shoes
It’s always been that way, that’s what all the people say
Nothing you can do, don’t believe that it’s true
Because you, you can make a difference in this world
And you’re like no one else, man or woman, boy or girl
And what you dream, you can make into reality
Yes, you can make a difference in this world, just wait and see
And as the world is turning, the forests keep on burning
The animals are dying, has everyone stopped trying?
You see it everyday now, we’ve got to find a way now
I know there must be somehow, oh won’t you help me find out?
Because we, we can make a difference in this world
And we’re like no one else, man or woman, boy or girl
And what we dream, we can make into reality
Yes, we can make a difference in this world - you and me