Tag: Open Wide

bookmark_borderThe Winds Blow

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LYRICS
I’m on the marks for the get-go
On the ready for the show
Their minds are set on the don’t know
And whichever way the winds blow
If it blows to the right
Then they just might
Fight over what is left
Or who is more daft
(No one laughs?!?!)

I’m on the marks for the get-go
On the ready for the show
Their minds are set on the don’t know
And whichever way the winds blow
If it blows to the East
They’ll do the least
If it blows to the West
… even less
Beasts at best

I’m on the marks for the get-go
On the ready for the show
Their minds are set on the don’t know
And whichever way the winds blow
If it blows from the South
Watch your mouth
They don’t believe in pollution solution
As far as they can see
It’s a conspiracy

I’m on the marks for the get-go
On the ready for the show
Their minds are set on the don’t know
And whichever way the winds blow

A song about:
According to an analysis from the Center for American Progress, there are still 139 Republicans in the 117th Congress, including 109 representatives and 30 senators, who refuse to acknowledge the scientific evidence of human-caused climate change. All 139 of these climate-denying Republicans have made recent statements casting doubt on the clear, established scientific consensus that the world is warming—and that human activity is to blame. These same 139 climate-denying Republicans have received more than $61 million in lifetime contributions from the coal, oil, and gas industries.

Chords: A C E E D A / D A D A E A; Part II at 128 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderCake or Pie?

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LYRICS
Make a split decision
Is it, “My way or the highway”?
Then can you envision
Running out of gas real fast?
Can’t last past our past
(Very much longer)
Can’t last past our past
(Is it any wonder?)
Can’t last past our past

Take the span of our decisions
How often do we take the wrong way?
Given Man’s lack of vision
What makes you think it will be O.K.?
Can’t last past our past
(Very much longer)
Can’t last past our past
(Is it any wonder?)
Can’t last past our past

When asked, “Cake or pie?”
We said, “Oh, but, why? I want it all!”
It’s now do or die
We said, “Oh, but, why? As we fall….
Can’t last past our past
(Very much longer)
Can’t last past our past
(Is it any wonder?)
Can’t last past our past

A song about human’s refusal to adapt to a life without using fossil fuels… resulting in a more rapid mass extinction event. We can’t last past our past.

Chords: G A / C D G; Part II at 115 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderAccelerate

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LYRICS
Accelerate
What’s the debate?
At any rate
It’s too, too late
Wishless
Into the abyss
Like this….

Can’t regulate
Out-of-control
Look at our state
What is your role?
Wishless
Into the abyss
Like this….

Can’t slow
Can’t wait
Got to make haste
All show
Post-date
Got to make waste
Wishless
Into the abyss
Like this….

Accelerate
What’s the debate?
At any rate
It’s not too late
It’s too, too late

At what rate is climate change accelerating?
A: Rapidly
As described above, we do not know the rate of acceleration other than to say it is more rapid than previously thought. In the summer of 2023, the extreme temperatures left most climate scientists shocked. The average earth surface temperature recorded record highs for months reaching over 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement calls for keeping temperatures below 1.5 degrees. Scientists concur that a rise of 2 degrees will trigger feedback loops and tipping points. Triggering these tipping points results in the CO2 stored in nature to be released. Though we do not know how much carbon is stored in nature, it would be reasonable to assume that the temperature could be pushed from 3 degrees to 6 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Humans can not thrive above a rise of 1.5 degrees. Humans can not survive if the temperature rises 6 degrees.

About the 2023 wildfires in Hawaii, Governor Josh Green said, “For perspective, we’ve had six fire emergencies this August, we had six fire emergencies between 1953 and 2003. That’s how- how fast things are changing. I know that there is debate out there whether we should be talking about climate change or not. Well, let’s be real world, climate change is here we are in the midst of it with a hotter planet, and fiercer storms.”

About the catastrophic die-off of 10,000 emperor penguin chicks in the Antarctic, Dr. Caroline Holmes of the British Antarctic Survey (an expert on Antarctic sea-ice) said, “What we’re seeing right now is so far outside what we’ve observed previously. We expected change but I don’t think we expected so much change so rapidly.” — from “Climate Change: Rate of Acceleration” / Brouse and Mukherjee (2023)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.
Climate Change: The Equation
Climate Change: How Long Is “Ever”?
Climate Change: The End of Times

Chords: Am G#m Gm F#m / D# F#m / F F#; Part II at 122 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderThe Cause

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LYRICS
They’ve figured the cause
And they’re coming to find you
Turned is to was
Do I need to remind you
Chickens coming home to roost
Children calling out as ghosts
Human quickly turns to toast

They’ve figured the cause
And they’re coming to find you
Turned is to was
Do I need to remind you
Chickens coming home to roost
Karma getting a boost
Human turning white as ghosts

They’ve figured the cause
And they’re coming to find you
Turned is to was
Do I need to remind you
Chickens coming home to roost
Foxes are on the loose
Grabbing gander of the goose

Chickens coming home to roost
Children calling out as ghosts
Human quickly turns to toast
Karma getting a boost
Human turning white as ghosts
Foxes are on the loose
Grabbing gander of the goose
Chickens coming home to roost

What happens when everyone figures out that YOU are the cause of climate change?

Chords: A/7 C D / A E D A; Part II at 140 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderFools Thinking It’s Cool

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LYRICS
With the temperature rising
Do you find it surprising
Fools thinking it’s cool
Cling to beliefs
While acting as thieves
Steal the real deal
Hold that line
“We can turn back time”
Hold that line
“It will all be fine”
Lying…
Amidst the crying
… and dying
Can’t hold back

With the temperature rising
Do you find it surprising
Fools thinking it’s cool
Cooking with gas
Heading real fast
To earn no return
Hold that line
“We can turn back time”
Hold that line
“It will all be fine”
Lying…
Amidst the crying
… and dying
Can’t hold back

With the temperature rising
Do you find it surprising
Fools thinking it’s cool
Though the End does loom
… return to consume
Dear, hold my beer
Hold that line
“We can turn back time”
Hold that line
“It will all be fine”
Lying…
Amidst the crying
… and dying
Can’t hold back

Chords: Dm C Am Dm / Dm Am / Dm C Am / Am Dm; Part II at 130 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderAnthropogenic Rapid Change

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LYRICS
Change… I expected to see
But I didn’t think it would be
So rapidly
Strange… days indeed
Yet I don’t think all concede
Thick in anthropogenic
Mother’s sick

While babies cry
If mama dies
Baby gonna realize
If mama goes
Then all of those
Come to a close
(Change, I expected to see
Just not so rapidly)
Thick in anthropogenic
Mother’s sick
Peril of the penguin
We break their ice
It breaks my heart
Same mistake again and again
Ignored advice
Go back to start

While babies cry
If mama dies
Baby gonna realize
If mama goes
Then all of those
Come to a close
(Change, I expected to see
Just not so rapidly

Change… I expected to see
But I didn’t think it would be
So rapidly
Strange… days indeed
Yet I don’t think all concede
Thick in anthropogenic

Chords: C A G A / A G# G F# D D# E / E G A E: Part II at 108 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

ABOUT THE SONG
an·thro·po·gen·ic
/ˌanTHrəˌpōˈjenik/
adjective
adjective: anthropogenic
(chiefly of pollution or environmental change) originating in human activity.
“anthropogenic emissions of sulfur dioxide”

At what rate is climate change accelerating?
A: Rapidly
We do not know the rate of acceleration other than to say it is more rapid than previously thought. In the summer of 2023, the extreme temperatures left most climate scientists shocked. The average earth surface temperature recorded record highs for months reaching over 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement calls for keeping temperatures below 1.5 degrees. Scientists concur that a rise of 2 degrees will trigger feedback loops and tipping points. Triggering these tipping points results in the CO2 stored in nature to be released. Though we do not know how much carbon is stored in nature, it would be reasonable to assume that the temperature could be pushed from 3 degrees to 6 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Humans can not thrive above a rise of 1.5 degrees. Humans can not survive if the temperature rises 6 degrees.

About the 2023 wildfires in Hawaii, Governor Josh Green said, “For perspective, we’ve had six fire emergencies this August, we had six fire emergencies between 1953 and 2003. That’s how- how fast things are changing. I know that there is debate out there whether we should be talking about climate change or not. Well, let’s be real world, climate change is here we are in the midst of it with a hotter planet, and fiercer storms.”

About the catastrophic die-off of 10,000 emperor penguin chicks in the Antarctic, Dr. Caroline Holmes of the British Antarctic Survey (an expert on Antarctic sea-ice) said, “What we’re seeing right now is so far outside what we’ve observed previously. We expected change but I don’t think we expected so much change so rapidly.”

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderLet’s Rock

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LYRICS
Sedimentary
Find it ordinary
Said dim is bliss
In ignorance
Unlock
Dumb as a rock
Metamorphic
Quick! We’ll do the trick
Just like magic
Shapeshift a little bit
Granite
Don’t take it for granted
Igneous
Ingenious
Now we know the flow
See the key in geology
Is getting the rock to go…
Rock n’ roll
Polish the soul
Rock n’ roll
A diamond from coal?
Ignorant of igneous
Or close enough for rock n’ roll?

Chords: C Em Am / Em Am / E 7 D E; Part II from 100 to 110 to 120 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderNew Time Zone

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LYRICS
Going ahead knowing what it is we lack
The capacity of ever looking back
Out here on our own
There’s no going home
New time zone
Our race’s race to race
Has outpaced our place
Who chose to burnout
Instead of fade away
Anyway?

Going ahead knowing what it is we lack
The capacity of ever looking back
Out here on our own
There’s no going home
New time zone
Our gumption for consumption
The ignition for combustion
Who chose to burnout
Instead of fade away
Anyway?

Going ahead knowing what it is we lack
The capacity of ever looking back
Out here on our own
There’s no going home
New time zone
Our race to raze the place
Erased the humane trace
Who chose to burnout
Instead of fade away
Anyway?

Chords: E9 E E7add9 / A C E / E Em E / A C B7 E: Part II at 120 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderThen Possibly

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LYRICS
If you could see
Just what I see
Then possibly
You could set us free
With dignity
And due respect
Do your best
To save “we”
Yeah, “We the People”
Our mind’s our simple

With dignity
And due respect
Do your best
To save “we”
’cause in our joint
It’s come to the point
Where we draw the line
We define
Resolute
Absolute
Draw the line
We define
Pollute
Pollution definition: human population

Chords: E/7/m7 / E C D / E / D C E / E A C / D G E: Part II at 96 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderYet, Sunshine

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LYRICS
Having a time
Defines fine
Hell of a time
Yet, Sunshine…
Safe behind my window
What lurks in the shadow
Out in the light of day
Hear your heart say
We’ll make our way
Through the plight of the night
Back out into the light
Light
Light

Long for the time
In sunshine
Hell of a time
In decline
Safe behind our window
What lurks in the shadow
c
There’s still time
Refine fine
No nature crime
Love, Sunshine
Nevermind the window
We’ll overcome the shadow
Safe behind my window
What lurks in the shadow
Out in the light of day
Hear your heart say
We’ll make our way
Through the plight of the night
Back out into the light
Light
Light

“Fresh air, water, food, and light will also be problematic; however, your most severe concern will likely be security. Those with supplies will be at high risk of being raped and looted. Good luck!”
— from Climate Change: The End of Times / Brouse and Mukherjee (2023)

Chords: A/7 / G C A / C D D C Em / C D G: Part II at 96 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderFierce Winds

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LYRICS
Fierce
As the winds blow
Pierce
Getting to know
Purported thwarted
By the certainty
Of reality

Feel the hot air flow
Peel the skin head to toe
Purported thwarted
By the certainty
Of reality

Quench? Nothing but thirst
Stench… sewage line burst
Purported thwarted
By the certainty
Of reality

Man, what we’ve done
Can’t be undone
Only one Earth
Under the sun

Purported thwarted
By the certainty
Of reality
It’s beginnin’
Settin’ in
It’s settin’ in

Chords: Em/7 / C Em / D C Em C Em / Em Bm Am Em: Part II at 124 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderWhat the Heck is Going On?

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LYRICS
Going from one day to the next
Getting more and more perplexed
What the heck is going on…
Going wrong?
Are you sure of the melting glacier?
Things are hot, believe it or not
A flood of droughts
A drought of floods
Under cascading mud
Slide wide
Wide slide

Going from one day to the next
Getting more and more perplexed
What the heck is going on…
Going wrong?
Birds and bees die of disease
Man-made as Man fades
Understand on his hand
Their blood
Under cascading mud
Slide wide
Wide slide

Going from one day to the next
Getting more and more perplexed
What the heck is going on…
Going wrong?
Ocean is warmer than a bath
Doesn’t add up… do the math
Oppenheimer brainstorm was a dud
Under cascading mud
Slide wide
Wide slide

Going from one day to the next
Getting more and more perplexed
What the heck is going on…
Going wrong?

Chords: E A G B7 E / C D / C D B7 E: Part II at 104 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderOnce in a Blue Moon

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LYRICS
Sing me a song
That it won’t be long
Coming soon
Before the Blue Moon
It’s coming along
No, we can’t go wrong
Coming soon
Before the Blue Moon
Save us from ourselves
If nobody else
Make it plain to see
Our humanity

Sing me a song
How it won’t be long
Found buffoon
Before the Blue Moon
We’re coming on strong
No, it wont’ be long
Coming soon
Before the Blue Moon
Save us from ourselves
If nobody else
Make it plain to see
Our humanity

Sing me a tune
That we will resume
Coming soon
Before the Blue Moon
We learn to love
Beyond and above
Not just once
In a Blue Moon
Save us from ourselves
If nobody else
Make it plain to see
Our humanity

A NASA Study reported, “If global temperatures keep rising and reach 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, people worldwide could face multiple impacts of climate change simultaneously.”

I responded, “If”? … sadly no longer “If”… at current levels of emissions, we will reach an average of +3 in the 2050’s. (We already reached that average for July of 2023.) Multiple tipping points have already been breached… the dominoes are falling. According to the new IPCC chair, Jim Skea, we would need to stop all emissions immediately… and then there is a small chance that we would peek at +1.5 – 2… and then start coming back down after 2100. However, he admits chances are slim that we will stop using fossil fuels. The speed at which we will reach +3 to +6 depends mostly on how much CO2 is stored in nature. We do not know that answer. But as these tipping points take off on their own, we will find out.

Human induced climate change is an exponential component of an unordered system (chaos theory). Tipping points and feedback loops are parts of an equation that determine the rate of acceleration in climate change.

Chords: C A7 / C D A7: Part II from 98 to 108 to 118 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderGoldilocks

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LYRICS
I like it not too hot
I like it not too cold
So believe it or not
I’ve been told
I like it Goldilocks
Heard I’m in for a shock
Humans in the kitchen
Too many kooks and cooks
Same mistake again and again
Burnt and overcooked
By the looks
Beyond roasted… toasted

I like it not too wet
I like it not too dry
They say it’s a sure bet
That’ I’m in for a cry
I like it Goldilocks
Heard I’m in for a shock
Humans in the kitchen
Too many kooks and cooks
Same mistake again and again
Burnt and overcooked
By the looks
Beyond roasted… toasted

I like it not on fire
I like it not so dire
I like it above ground
While my world spins around
I like it Goldilocks
Heard I’m in for a shock
Humans in the kitchen
Too many kooks and cooks
Same mistake again and again
Burnt and overcooked
By the looks
Beyond roasted… toasted

Chords: B7 E7 / B7 A7 E7 / A G E / A G B7 E: Part II at 100 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderAbby Normal

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LYRICS
What was once extraordinary
Now is quite the ordinary
Throw away your dictionary
Come to terms
With the terms

Such a man-made tragedy
Took the wrong trajectory
Now the rest is history
Come to terms
With the terms

The speed of greed a mystery
Hand n’ fist insistently
Pour on poor interestingly
Come to terms
With the terms
Or go to rest
With the worms

Chords: F# G G# A A G# G F# / F# B C#7 F#: Part II at 122 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment