The Aye Matey Band (S. Benner, B. Green, D. Greegor)
VERSE 1
(C) The ocean gave me breath, (F) sight and (C) sound,
(G) I can see her now as I’m (F) homeward (C) bound.
(C) Greenland below is (F) brown and (C) aglow,
(G) Each winter it gets just (F) a little less (C) snow.
VERSE 2
(C) Saddens me greatly, I (F) know what that (C) means,
(G) Lives in the third world will (F) suffer ex (C) tremes.
(C) If we all departed Mother (F) Earth would (C) be,
(G) A lot better off, it’s (F) plain to (C) see.
REFRAIN
(F) The blue-green marble spins innocent (C) ly,
(G) Spinning toward the (F) end of histor (C) y.
(F) Chasing the sunset, Flight Eleven Fifty (C) Nine,
(G) Turn to sunrise (F) reverse the clock of (C) time.
VERSE 3
(C) It’s not for my future that I (F) make this (C) plea,
(G) But that of my grandsons, the (F) Seattle (C) Three.
(C) The bird and the beast will (F) suffer the (C) same,
(G) Their future has only our (F) greed to (C) blame.
BRIDGE (all instruments: mandolin, guitar, harmonica)
VERSE 4
(C) 80 years gone by I’ve (F) been a (C) round,
(G) Many say, he (F) should be 6’ (C) down.
(C)I have no complaints, I (F) have some (C) dread,
(G) To live for now, our (F) future is (C) dead.
REFRAIN (harmonica)
VERSE 5
(C) Earth will claim our breath, (F) sight, and (C) sound,
(G) If Gaia is true, she’ll (F) not be a (C) round.
(C) To know her beauty, we (F) all must (C) die,
(G) And for her end, it’s (F) probably the (C) sky.
FINAL REFRAIN (all instruments)
BRIDGE (all instruments)