earth day rolls around

earth day rolls around
what do they do here
the streets are empty and so bare
the sights quite queer
we dont see green anywhere
except on the grass
the people here dont give a hoot
they're rolling around on their ass
meanwhile the warming takes it toll
the glaciers are melting away
and one day they'll all be gone
for another 10,000 years they'll stray
perhaps they'll stay with us awhile
and perhaps take over again
i don't know how things'll go
but the real question is will we refrain
all our pollution from our past ages
world wars and past stages
the revolution industrialized our world
as we look through histories pages
we find a legacy of illegitamacy
and all sorts of misuse
these people overused what they had
it was plain outright abuse
but now we've got a blacker planet
life is being extinguished
frogs are disappearing
and whales are overfished
perhaps we'll have green
beyond cement block cracks
if we can make a difference
if we're not hacks
maybe its too far gone
but we'll die trying
to undo the damage our fathers did
raised us while lying
and now we've got a future unknown
the ground is very shakey
as we push through this sludge
ground getting earth quakey
as we make this 21st century
things are unsure
technology pushes hopes outfront
and our intentions become quite pure