It’s Earth Day but what does that mean?

We jump round and follow the busy bees

We gaze at the sunsets and blue sky

Carelessly watching rainy clouds floating by.

It’s Earth Day but what does that mean?

When we’re destroying the forests and all the trees

And the orangutans and gorillas no longer breathe

And the seas are strangled with plastic and dolphins aren’t free.

It’s Earth Day but what does that mean?

Do we stop and think, change what we do?

Do we stand up united and say enough is enough

Life for our beloved planet is too rough?

It’s Earth Day but what does that mean?

The flowers are wilting, the leaves are crumpled

Like a wish cast aside they fall and die

Yet not enough are loud enough saying, the end is nigh.

It’s Earth Day but what does that mean?

Polar bears nearly extinct, losing their icy homes

And elephants are disappearing, have nowhere to go

While tigers are growling and pleading leave us alone.

It’s Earth Day but what does that mean?

Let’s protect the pastures and mountains and valleys

The streams and skies and seas

All of the creatures big and all those as small as a pea

Let’s stand together and love planet earth as hard as can be.