Worth It Then (a capella)

Worth It Then (add your flavor/remix this tune)

Melody and Lyrics: Lonnie Ray Atkinson

This is a song about looming environmental catastrophe. For music, I was thinking something piano based. The vocals are quite raw with no effects. If you are interested (or you think you know someone that might be interested) in adding some music (or better vocals) to the mix, you can download the raw a capellas here at ccMixter (just click on the word "download" under the word "stream"). When you are done, you can email me any mp3s here.

All contributions will be considered Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0.

Your time and talent is greatly appreciated.



Lyrics:

verse one:

- when the fish all die and the lakes catch fire, will it be worth it then

when the cancer rate's 90 percent or higher, will it be worth it then

when the whole world's at war over water and oil, will it be worth it then

when there's no more fighting, because there's no more spoils, will it be worth it then

 

chorus:

what will it take to make you change your mind

what kind of sign could convince you that people are worth more than you can get from them

what has to happen before you embrace your part

will it be too late to fix all the problems you promised the market would sort out

 

economic growth won't save us

cost analysis won't save us

voluntary rules won't save us

rich economists won’t save us

 

verse two:

- when the glaciers are gone and the oceans are too strong, will it be worth it then

when the deserts spread faster than we can run, will it be worth it then

when the wind and the skies become our greatest threat, will it be worth it then

when military might won’t pay our  debt, will it be worth it then

 

chorus:

what will it take to make you change your mind

what kind of sign could convince you that people are worth more than you can get from them

what has to happen before you embrace your part

will it be too late to fix all the problems you promised the market would sort out

 

investigations won't save us

well funded think tanks won’t save us

hearings and conferences won't save us

only action now can save us

 

bridge:

is there something left

is there something left

is there something left of you

if so if so...

 

chorus:

what will it take to make you change your mind

what kind of sign could convince you that people are worth more than you can get from them

what has to happen before you embrace your part

will it be too late to fix all the problems you promised the market would sort out

 

superpower status won't save us

military minds won't save us

all the guns in the world won't save us

only all of us can save us



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