[Silence]
[Instrumental Intro: Driving Piano, Deep Sub-Bass, Organ, Electric Guitar, Drums, Percussion, Saxophone]
[Intro]
Hold the phone!
(Danger zone!)
What’s the hell?
(What’s that smell?)
You thought you knew
The greenhouse crew?
Well…
(Do you?)
Known ozone!
[Verse 1]
Under the sky… down below
Where the sunlight shines
There’s non-laughing gas
Waiting in the lines
But that’s not all…
(No, in a domino fall!)
[Refrain]
Hold the phone
(You’ve reached number one)
Known ozone
(No, you can’t be outdone)
[Verse 2]
Ozone hits the fan
And the shit flies
Man’s damned demand
Open your eyes…
(Realize!)
[Refrain]
Hold the phone
(You’ve reached number one)
Known ozone
(No, you can’t be outdone)
Not just warming
(There’s more to come!)
Atmospheric!
(Ecologic!)
Can we defy logic?
Forcing agent!
(That’s the one!)
[Refrain]
Hold the phone
(You’ve reached number one)
Known ozone
(No, you can’t be outdone)
[Bridge]
Atmospheric forcing!
(Logic divorcing!)
Ecological forcing!
(Logical divorcing!)
[Refrain]
Hold the phone
(You’ve reached number one)
Known ozone
(No, you can’t be outdone)
[Break]
Hold the phone!
(You’re in the winner’s zone!)
Who’s calling?
(Ozone!)
Number?
(Number one!)
In the OH ZONE!
(Ozone)
[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Riff]
[Organ Groove]
[Deep Bass]
[Saxophone Answers]
[Drums Build]
[Final Refrain]
Hold the phone
(You’ve reached number one)
Known ozone
(No, you can’t be outdone)
Hold the phone!
(You’ve reached number one!)
It’ well known!
(Oh ozone!)
[Outro]
Ozone…
(Oh, ozone…)
Known ozone…
(You should’ve known!)
[Whisper]
Atmospheric…
(Defyin’ logic)
No, you’re illogical
(And ecological…)
Spent
(Forcing agent.)
[Silence]
About the Song: Ozone = #1 Climate Gas
Ozone is usually overlooked as a greenhouse gas. Actually, tropospheric ozone sits atop the climate-change pyramid.
Why? Because ozone is both an:
ATMOSPHERIC FORCING AGENT
→ traps heat
→ drives additional warming
and an:
ECOLOGICAL FORCING AGENT
→ damages plants
→ reduces photosynthesis
→ weakens carbon sinks
→ leaves more CO₂ in the atmosphere
→ drives additional warming
FOREST DECLINE: 17%–40%
GREENHOUSE GAS: #3
Ozone doesn’t just warm the atmosphere. It can damage the biological systems that remove CO₂ from it.
OZONE = ATMOSPHERIC + ECOLOGICAL FORCING AGENT
That makes ozone one of the most important—and overlooked—climate-change agents.
Read Known Ozone: The #1 Climate Gas
From the album “Present Tense“