Tell Me Why
I can smell cherry blossom
but the tree's are bare
I can hear birds singing
but there's only an aeroplane in the air
I can see fish swimming
but the river is lifeless and grey
Now there is a sewage plant
Where the signets used to play.
I can hear mowing
but its artificial grass
I thought I saw a tiger
but its an exhibit behind glass.
Where once I saw a badger
Caring for her brood
All I see now are discarded plastic plates
of processed food .
Tell me why
Please tell me why .
The world is polluted
but there is profit to be made
Chopping down rainforests
Denying animals food and shade.
We know we need the oxygen
Those tree's provide
but in the interests of making money
That can be denied .
We see the devastation
Caused by tidal wave
but we are planning our next million
As the dead are lowered in their graves.
We protest loudly
When animals are killed for their ivory
But those making the money
are not in jail I see.
Tell me why
Please tell me why .
When the greedy have made their money
We'll have them to thank
That the fossil of mother nature
Is held inside a bank .
Will the only nature of the future
Be seen in a faded photograph
Or will those replica plastic animals made in China
Incur our children's wrath.
It is our kids who will inherit
The world we leave behind
let us leave them a future
Fit for all of mankind
Pass a thing of beauty
Into our children's care
We can do that if we care for each other
and the world we share.
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