“Today’s debate about global warming is essentially a debate about freedom. The environmentalists would like to mastermind each and every possible (and impossible) aspect of our lives.”
Vaclav Klaus
Blue Planet in Green Shackles
January 5, 2010
Dennis Boothby rocks away the climate blues:
Introduction
We once told all our youngsters, tales in bed late at night
Of devils and boogie man monsters, to make them be good from fright
But now there’s one so scary, it’s made the whole world go quiet
And this one is no fairy story, we see it on TV each night, every night.
Verse 1
Beware global warming, the world is going to fry
There’ll be droughts and storms and the rivers will run dry.
Chorus
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, A cold wind blows, THE KING HAS GOT NO CLOTHES
Verse 2
Coral reefs are dying, jungles turning brown
Polar bears are trying, real hard not to drown
Chorus
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, A cold wind blows, THE KING HAS GOT NO CLOTHES
Bridge 1
Humans must do penance, to the green gods pray
And they said the sentence will be no more cars and go back to your caves
Verse3
Beware global warming, we’re close to tipping point [Look out the sky is falling]
The poles will soon start thawing, and seas begin to boil [We’ve had our final warning]
Chorus
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, A cold wind blows, THE KING HAS GOT NO CLOTHES
Bridge 2
Every generation, has its doomsday scares
Sad to say emission trading only makes new shonky millionaires.
Verse 4
Beware global warming, it’s now called climate change [The earth is overheating]
Our planet’s now in mourning, and humans are to blame [You’d better all stop breathing]
Chorus
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, A cold wind blows, THE KING HAS GOT NO CLOTHES
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, A cold wind blows, THE KING HAS GOT NO CLOTHES
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, A cold wind blows, THE KING HAS GOT NO CLOTHES
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