Don't Shoot

Your mom said, "Son, there's no more food 'cause the Earth got hot and killed everything that grew," and she blames it on government ineptitude, but you saw her stand by while your planet got screwed. Your dad said, "Son, there's no more cash. When the oceans rose up it made the market crash, but it really doesn't matter since we're out of gas." I guess he should have done more than recycle some trash. So they saved for your education, but they never saved the Earth. But just because you tried to warn them and just because you're going to get what they deserve, kids, please, don't shoot your mom and dad when you find out what a wonderful world they had. Don't kill your dad or mom just because they did everything wrong and now they tell you that your planet is gone. Your president said, "I had no clue. I thought it was great when the factories grew. I had no idea what they really do and now they've turned Planet Earth into chemical goo." Your folks could have made a difference, but they never really tried. So maybe you've got a reason, and my manager thinks that you've got the right, but kids, please, don't shoot your mom and dad when you find out what a wonderful world they had. Don't kill your dad or mom just because they did everything wrong and now they tell you that your planet is gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone - gone with the wind, gone with the sea, gone like everything that swims and breathes, gone to a sad final desolate place, just a lonely little rock lost in outer space that's heatin' up twenty-four hours a day. Your friends started up an army and you're their new recruit. You got a tattoo of their manifesto and all your parents said was, "Doesn't that look cute?" It says, "Green means stop. Growth means death. Is the end of the world the price of success? We should waste our folks before they waste our breath, 'cause green means stop and growth means death." And you tell all the girls on the beach that that means if you want to stop the rape of the world, you're called "green," and you can have unlimited economic growth or unlimited air, but you have both so don't shoot, don't pollute, don't kill, don't spill, don't surrender, but remember don't, don't, don't, don't shoot your mom and dad when you find out what a wonderful world they had. Don't kill your dad or mom just because they did everything wrong, and now you're going to miss your senior prom, and this will never be a number one song because the whole freaking planet is gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone - gone with the wind, it's gone with the sea, it's gone like everything, it's gone, gone, gone, gone. Don't shoot your mom and dad when you find out what a wonderful world they had. Don't kill your dad or mom just because they did everything wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. Don't shoot your mom and dad. Don't shoot.

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