Tre canzoni per accompagnare gli studenti in marcia per l’ambiente.
Oggi gli studenti di tutto il mondo invadono le strade per manifestare contro il cambiamento climatico. A Londra la marcia ha già raggiunto Parliament Square. Se ieri gli occhi erano puntati sulla Brexit, ora l’attenzione è tutta sui giovani, decisi a dimostrare la loro preoccupazione verso un futuro sempre più incerto.
Tre brani per accompagnarli in questa giornata importante:
Protect the wild, tomorrow’s child
Protect the land from the greed of man
Take out the dams, stand up to oil
Protect the plants and renew the soil
Who’s gonna stand up and save the Earth?
Who’s gonna say that she’s had enough?
Who’s gonna take on the big machine?
Who’s gonna stand up and save the Earth?
This all starts with you and me
End fossil fuel, draw the line
Before we build one more pipeline
End fracking now, let’s save the water
And build a life for our sons and daughters
Who’s gonna stand up and save the Earth?
Who’s gonna say that she’s had enough?
Who’s gonna take on the big machine?
Who’s gonna stand up and save the Earth?
This all starts with you and me
Damn the dams, save the rivers
Starve the takers and feed the givers
Let’s build the green and save the world
We’re the people known as EARTH
Who’s gonna stand up and save the Earth?
Who’s gonna say that she’s had enough?
Who’s gonna take on the big machine?
Who’s gonna stand up and save the Earth?
This all starts with you and me
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
‘Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half to see ‘em
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
‘Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And they put up a parking lot
Hey farmer farmer
Put away that D.D.T. now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
‘Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
‘Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
‘Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
Put up a parking lot
Whoa, ah, mercy mercy me
Oh things ain’t what they used to be, no no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
Whoa mercy, mercy me,
Oh things ain’t what they used to be, no no
Oil wasted on the oceans and upon our seas, fish full of mercury
Ah, oh mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain’t what they used to be, no no
Radiation under ground and in the sky
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
Oh mercy, mercy me
Oh things ain’t what they used to be
What about this overcrowded land
How much more abuse from man can she stand?
My sweet Lord,
My Lord, my sweet Lord
Photo credit: Evening Standard