On Sunday, Charlotte Church and her band were at the climate protest march in London at which over 50,000 people protested for stronger action for world governments to counter global warming. Globally, over 700,000 people joined protests in 175 countries.
Church performed a new song co-written especially for the event with her partner Jonathan Powell. It is currently untitled. These are the lyrics:
Way before I even was born, we knew
We had learned we should be concerned or we’re doomed.
But some chose to laugh in the face of an escapable fate; how brave
To pass on the buck to the unborn, how brave.
Politics to one little fish means nothing
But the opinion of ______ million must count for something
Despite facts irrefutable it’s business as usual
Consume and condem the one rock that’s liveable
With such great intelligence explain our intransigence
We know what we’ve got to do
How many times must we keep falling short, is it too late?
How many chances has this shrinking earth got to give?
Forever and a day
Forever won’t mean much for long
However you pray, you better pray, but first you better change
Ever the pained, ever the put upon, entitled
Whatever your chains you better change for the sake of all that’s left
They tried to drill a hole in the skull of the earth (They tried to)
Blood letting for the selling so slick
And when it’s all gone at least we’ll have coins
So good at keeping dead oceans at bay
And if it causes war, well that’s what bombs are for
But if you trust in heaven you better trust in hell
On this shrinking earth
How smart to make graveyards of oceans and
How smart to say Tata to islands
Oh how smart
Just how staggeringly smart
We could change this now
We’ve known for so long
What we have to do
So let’s get on and do it please
