New Year, Old World

from Wee-er & Dearer by Elsie MacDonald

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The new year's just began
And we've toast it with a dram
It was the hottest of this land
Since our records began

So they make their resolutions
Saying "We don't need your solutions
Cause it's your personal contributions
Not our worldwide pollutants"

And as each summer is our hottest
And each storm our harshest
As the planet and the seasons turn
I wonder if they'll ever learn

That this is our planet
And we've got one shot at it

We need the systems to change
Can't you get that in your brains
We've gotta work for the common need
Not individual greed

So they make goals they'll never meet
And idolise their greed
As their wallets are filled
And the oil is spilled

Yeah, they'll make more electric cars
And sit on their arse
Cause they've made this oath
To economic growth

So we keep working for the man
Cause they all live on higher land
And as the crops and the forrests burn
I wonder when they'll ever learn

That this is our planet
And we've got one shot at it

We need the systems to change
Can't you get that in your brains
We've gotta work for the common need
Not individual greed

So when our systems'll change
Won't you get that in your brains
We've gotta work for the common need
Not individual greed

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from Wee-er & Dearer, released September 1, 2022

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