No Planet, No Problem
No Planet, No Problem
Words & Music By Bryan Sirchio
I was watching Morning Joe one day on MSNBC
October 28, 2014
I caught a great interview with rocker Graham Nash
He’d written a book about his rock n’ roll past
He talked about his music with Crosby and Stills
He mentioned Neal Young and his awfully strong will
He spoke of Joni Mitchell and the romance they had
And how he loves her still
Someone asked him what his music’s going to focus on now
He said he’d just composed a song about Michael Brown
They talked about Ferguson and when they were done
They said “Of all the social issues what is your number 1?”
He said, “It’s global warming, and saving the earth
We’ve got to deal with climate change for all that we’re worth
Then Mika said, “Of course that issue’s got many sides”
But Graham just smiled and replied…
No planet, no problem
No planet, no problem
There’re other issues and it’s urgent that we solve them but
No planet, no problem
Well you can find that interview and watch it for yourself
He talked about the Kock brothers using their wealth
To purchase politicians and scientists too
Just to make some more money, “How much can they use?”
He said, “We’ve got to get the money out of our politics
I’m sure the Koch brothers also love their grandkids
Well over 90 percent of scientists now agree
Our grandkids will pay for our short-sighted greed and…
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Bridge: Then Morning Joe and Graham played guitars
And Graham sang “Teach Your Children well
Their fathers’ hell will slowly go by
Don’t you ever ask them why
If they told you you would cry
So just look at them and sigh”…
Well sometimes it’s hard to get my head around climate change
It’s easy just to push the conversation away
And I’m weary of the way the issue often gets framed
In polarizing, special interest, close-minded games
It’s time for us to find another way to sit down
And have the conversations we need to have now
To even have a chance of slowing this runaway train down
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