Climate Crisis Anthem
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                The Climate Crisis Anthem is a medley of 6 parts.

                                  Funeral March
                                  Ma
                                  Fairy Stories
                                  We are the World
                                  The Time
                                  The Dance of Life

                 The Funeral March and Dance of Life have no lyrics.


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Ma

                                     Ma, we see you far and near.
    
                                     Ma, in every heart and breath and tear,
                                       from summits high to deltas low,
                                       we see your love and heavenly glow. 

                                     Ma, in forest, desert, farm and field,
                                        your splendor ever stands revealed.



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Artist unknown, 1910

Fairy Stories

The words of this song are adapted from Greta Thunberg's
2019 scolding of world leaders at the United Nations.

                                You feed us fairy stories,
                                But what do you do?
                                Destroying the planet - How dare you?

                                You say you hear us, but we don't believe.
                                You say you understand us, but you deceive.

                                How dare you!  How dare you!
                                We're watching you!
                                How dare you!  How dare you!
                                We're onto you!



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We are the World

A song by this title first came out in 1985.  It was sung by some music celebrities and helped relieve famine in Africa, but otherwise didn't
change much.  It is time for a new song and a new beginning. 

                              We are the world.  We are the future.
                              We are the ones to feed, to teach, to nurture.

                              Earth is our Home.  And She is hurting.
                              This is not time, there is no time for shirking.



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Photo by Reinhold Möller

The Time

Karina Skye sings in Portuguese for our rain forest guardians in Brazil,
Khaled Halani Arabic for our friends in the Middle East and
Chan Yong in Mandarin for our family in China). 

                                    Now is the time we've been waiting for
                                      to ferry across to the farther shore.
 
                                    Now is the time to give up blame.
                                      These times will never be the same.

                                    Now is the time to leave behind
                                      the stuffy strictures of a closet mind.

                                    Now is to do what's never been done,
                                      to share our wisdom and freedom and fun.

                                     All the wonder and all delight
                                       await the one who comes to light.
                                       Now is the time. 


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