350 to Save the Sky

Now I was born with a great desire to set my share of the world on fire.

To set my share of the world alight and share in the flicker of the flame at night.

But with all the candles I did burn, at both ends, I did learn,

To share in the settin’ of the world alight and share in the flicker of the flame at night.

CHORUS: So come ye now join in with me, we’ll clap our hands, we’ll stomp our feet,

We’ll lift our voices in a cry: Three Fifty to Save the Sky!

Now some would like the world to turn on the energy of the coal they burn

And let the climate change go on till most of Bangladesh is gone

From New Orleans to New York’s Coast up to Alaska’s permafrost

They’d rather sell their ancient oil than love our land and save our soil.

CHORUS

We’ll buy back our ancient rights and stop consuming day and night,

invest more and consume less and tell our worried children yes!

Yes we love you! Yes we care! Yes we’ll give you your fair share!

Put half our income all aside to stop the storm and turn the tide.

CHORUS

We’ll store up our energy by digesting some calories

And when it gets all dark at night we’ll wind a crank and make some light.

And if the weather does get cold we’ll all put on a few more clothes

And for when we would move at great speed we’ll harvest sunlight that we’ll need.

CHORUS

We prefer to all invest in things that give the earth a rest

Cut our consumption right in half and spend our time in greater laugh –  Ter

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

CHORUS

Politicians all do seem to spend their lives in some strange dream.

They’d rather go and pass the buck till someone else runs out of luck.

But we the people really care  and we’ll not stop till they run scared.

We’ll make our leaders save the sky — and kick their asses till they cry:

CHORUS

CHANT: Three Fifty to Save the Sky!

by Gray Cox, shared in Smarter Planet or Wiser Earth? How Dialogue Can Transform Artificial Intelligence into Collaborative Wisdom