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bookmark_borderGumption

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LYRICS
How long do you think we can all live
When all there is is take and no give
At first it was hard to conceive
Then, it was hard to believe
Man’s gumption
For consumption

How long do you think there’s left to live
When we squandered what’s meant to give
At first it was hard to conceive
Then, it was hard to believe
Man’s gumption
For consumption

What are the odds that your gods
Forgive your debts let alone regrets?
Our dues past due
What shall we do
Our past, rear-view
Welcome to our big ta-do
Too
Ta-do, too

At first it was hard to conceive
Then, it was hard to believe
Man’s gumption
For consumption

Chords: E G A / A G E; Part II @ 122 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderSweat It Out

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LYRICS
Oh, Baby
Can’t you see
It’s not the heat
It’s the humidity
(Likely both to some degree)
Need to cool down
Find out how to dry things out
Drowning in drought
Bound…
… to cool things down
Saturation seeks evaporation
Got to sweat it out

Oh, Baby, can you believe
There’s no belief we’ll get relief
Found we’ve unwound
Need to cool down
Find out how to dry things out
Drowning in drought
Bound…
… to cool things down
Saturation seeks evaporation
Got to sweat it out

Though heat is hot
It’s not all we’ve got
There’s plenty of humidity
Pushin’ up “feels like” degree
Need to cool down
Find out how to dry things out
Drowning in drought
Bound…
… to cool things down
Saturation seeks evaporation
Got to sweat it out
Saturation in need of evaporation
About “sweat it out”

During July of 2023, much of the world was suffering through a heatwave. June and July saw hundreds of new record temperatures. Some of the days were also extremely humid. Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere.

Sweating is essential to cooling down when hot weather causes the body temperature to climb. “Sweat is one of the main ways the body cools itself. But on a humid day, sweat has a harder time evaporating into the air.’ In high humidity, the air is already nearly full of water vapor and can’t hold any more. “That’s where the hot, sticky feeling comes from,” explains Dr. Benjamin of Health Partners.

When water evaporates, it turns from liquid to a gas which requires the transfer of a huge amount of energy. In our experiment from 2003 “The Waterfall House” and “The Economics of Turning Water Into Electricity“, Sidd found, “for every cubic foot of water that evaporated it took 61000 BTU with it.”

Chords: A D A / G A C A / C G D A; Part II @ 108 BPM
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 Trash and Smash

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LYRICS
A little bit of mischief
And off you go
Know there’s no respite
Off you go
Into how to learn introspect
How to earn respect
Pre-retrospect
(I mean… what the heck?)

A whole lotta meddling
Friend or foe?
The lies you’re peddling
Got to go
Into how to learn introspect
How to earn respect
Pre-retrospect
(I mean… what the heck?)

The trash and smash
Then off you go
Re-hash
More trash
Enough you know!
Into:
How to learn introspect
How to earn respect
Pre-retrospect
(I mean… what the heck?)

Chords: A / C G A / C D A / A E E A; Part II @ 140 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderTo Today

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LYRICS
Buried the dead
Packed my head
Now I’m on my way
To today
Scurried, then led
Find what’s ahead
Now we’re on our way
To today
Crossing the line
I feel fine
Take on time
Fight decline
All fall?
Might decline
Recall
We might incline
A song to get along
… get along

The resting in peace
Broke their lease
Now they’re on their way
Far away
Hope life won’t cease
Our cares are least
We’re on our way
To today
We’re on our way
Off to play
We’re on our way
To today

Crossing the line
I feel fine
Take on time
Fight decline
All fall?
Might decline
Recall
We might incline
A song to get along
… get along
We’re on our way
To today
We’re on our way
Off to play
We’re on our way
To today

Chords: E7 E / E A D E / D E / D A E / G E D A E / C G E; Part II @ 127 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderSome Other Time?

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LYRICS
You know what I think would be nice
Put back snow
Put back ice
Maybe to start thinking…
Thinking twice
Not some other time

Lead us through a revolution
Seed solution for pollution
Maybe get the notion of motion
Not some other time

You know what I think would be cool
Temperature not so cruel
Educate the primate
… climate fool
Not some other time
Not some of time

Participate
Syncopate
With the rhythm and rhyme
Not some other time
Not some of time
Not some other time
Not some of time
Rhythm and rhyme

A song inspired by Tommy James & the Shondells’ “Draggin’ the Line”:
Takin’ and givin’ my day by day
I dig snow and rain and bright sunshine
We ain’t got much but what we got’s ours
We dig snow and rain and bright sunshine
I feel fine, I’m talkin’ ’bout peace of mind
I’m gonna take my time
I’m gettin’ the good sign
Draggin’ the line (draggin’ the line)

Chords: F#7 F# / F# E / E B B F#7/F#; Part II @ 112 BPM
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_borderBack When When Was When

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LYRICS
Do you remember when
It wasn’t then
Like it is now?
When we were sure
To ensure
More future
Do whatever we need to do
Those days are over
No matter how long you long
Forget recover
From all we’ve done wrong
And you do what we need to do
Fantastic plastic
More polymer
Fast with gas
Burn, baby, burn
Burn, burn, burn
Yearn…
Do you remember when
It wasn’t then
Like it is now?
Wow
Somehow?
Take the vow
Do what we need to do, too
Without a big tadoo

Chords: E Em6 / C B7 E / E A A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderMan-ipulation

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LYRICS
Destiny
What’s meant to be
Mystery
What’s happening to me
Definition
Man-ipulation
Evolution
Pollution
Your destiny
My tragedy

Tragedy
It’s what we see
Trajectory
Of where we’ve come to be
Definition
Man-ipulation
Evolution
Pollution
Your destiny
My tragedy

Comedy
Our legacy
History
Of our humanity
Definition
Man-ipulation
Evolution
Pollution
Your destiny
My tragedy

Chords: C B Bb / C F Bb / Bb Eb Bb / Bb Eb Eb F Bb
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderStay Alive

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LYRICS
1.5 is in the rear-view
Stay alive
Is there anything I can do?
(Yes!)
Try to stay alive
’cause to hope n’ pray
Ain’t the way

Cowboy, oh boy
You can’t hide
Get on your horse and ride
Hot damn!
Your bit has hit the fan
Try to stay alive
If you whine n’ cry
Just gonna die

3 degrees postmortem view
Stay alive
Is there anything I can do?
(Yes!)
Try to stay alive
’cause to hope n’ pray
Ain’t the way
If you whine n’ cry
Just gonna die
Try to stay alive
Arrive
Alive

Chords: Em/7 / C D Em / Em / Em C G F E / E/m; 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

About the Song

In June of 2023, we were discussing animal agriculture, carbon offsets and sequestration, planting trees, and greenwashing. I asked, “Is it a mistake for us to even suggest staying under 1.5 C is a possibility?” Sidd replied, “1.5 C is in the rear view mirror these days.”

During the first week of July 2023, the Earth had the hottest days ever.

How long is “ever”… as in “the hottest it’s ever been in recorded history”?

Humans are about 200,000 years old with our closest variety being dated to about 140,000 years ago. The earliest “recording of history” is approximately 100,000 years old. It is the story of The Seven Sisters of The Pleiades. The Seven Sister are a cluster of stars in the Taurus constellation. There are six stars visible to the naked eye. The story is about seven stars. The seventh star has not been visible to the naked eye for over 100,000 years.

The 20th-century surface temperature average for Earth was 13.9 °C.
In July of 2023 we are seeing average temperatures of 17°C.

Q: Is it possible for humans to push the temperature 3 °C above pre-industrial levels?
A: Yes. Humans have pushed global temperatures up more than 3 °C.

Q: Is it possible for humans to survive at temperatures greater than 3 °C?
A: Probably not long. Humans have never done it before.

Extreme weather will become more frequent and intense. Sea levels will rapidly rise as the coasts disappear. However, the most concerning development will be feedback loops. Plants and other carbon sinks will disappear. The Earth’s temperature will continue to accelerate at an exponential rate no matter what humans do. Food, fresh water, and breathable air will cease to exist. Humans will likely follow in short order.

“The increasing heating of our planet caused by fossil fuel use is not unexpected, it was predicted already in the 19th century after all,” said climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research in Germany. “But it is dangerous for us humans and for the ecosystems we depend on. We need to stop it fast.”

This is our current situation. Not “years away”. Not tomorrow. Today.

Stop burning fossil fuels today, stop exploiting hydrocarbons today, or else….

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderThe Chicken Has Crossed the Road

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LYRICS
The bottom’s the floor
The exit’s the door
These rules apply no more
Turned upside-down
Is going around
The chicken has crossed the road
Why? Nobody knows
(Carry the load…
Anyway the wind blows)

Some days you see the sun
Night gives way to dawn
These rules are dead and gone
Turned upside-down
Is going around
The chicken has crossed the road
Why? Nobody knows
(Carry the load…
Anyway the wind blows)

Some days are hot and others not
It’s not always flood or drought
Those rules are now in doubt
Turned upside-down
Is going around
The chicken has crossed the road
Why? Nobody knows
(Carry the load…
Anyway the wind blows)

Chords: F# / F# E A F# / F# B F# / F# C#7 A F#; Part II @ 144 BPM
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 Dream

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LYRICS
The thrill into a chill
The will to free freewill
The vision you envision
Is your dream
Once you know what it means
Guess it’s on you
To follow through?
Yes, it’s up to you
To follow through

To drill into the chill
The skill to free freewill
To envision your vision
Is the dream
Once you know what it means
Guess it’s on you
To follow through?
Yes, it’s up to you
To follow through

Fulfill into the chill
No frills to free freewill
The decision to envision
Is to dream
Once you know what it means
Guess it’s on you
To follow through?
Yes, it’s up to you
To follow through

Written at Gay, Church, Market, and High Streets in West Chester, PA
Chords: A Ab Ab A / D C A; Part II @ 99 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

bookmark_borderOver the Sunset

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LYRICS
Over the sunset
Under the clouds
The last ray of the day
Makes it my way
With a shine so fine
I’m golden
Loving the time
I’m holdin’

Lover of “not yet”
Wonder out-loud
Grasp the last ray
Coming this way
With a shine so fine
I’m golden
Loving the time
I’m holdin’

Under the sunset
Bouncing off clouds
Hey! One more ray
Found it my way
With a shine so fine
I’m golden
Loving the time
I’m holdin’

I see the light
Red and blue scattered in the hue
The sight
I see the light

Why is the sky blue?
“Sunlight reaches Earth’s atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air. Blue light is scattered more than the other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time.” — NASA

Why are sunsets red and purple?
“More atmosphere means more molecules to scatter the violet and blue light away from your eyes. If the path is long enough, all of the blue and violet light scatters out of your line of sight. The other colors continue on their way to your eyes. This is why sunsets are often yellow, orange, and red.” — University of Wisconsin

What is the effect of atmospheric refraction at sunset?
“The sun is visible to us about after the actual sunset. This is because of atmospheric refraction, which is due to the apparent flattening of the sun’s disc at sunrise and sunset.” — BYJU’s

Chords: Bb Db / Db F Db Eb Bb / Db Eb F
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderBlack is Black

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LYRICS
One foot forward
The other one back
Is it courage
That we lack?
Some thoughts backward
The others are whack
So called outrage
Calling the kettle black
(Whack)

We know
We gotta go
We go
Blow-by-blow
We blew
A fuse
Use, use, use

One foot forward
The other one back
Is it courage
That we lack?
Some thoughts backward
The others are whack
So called outrage
Calling the kettle black
(Whack)

We whine
Don’t wanna go
I’m fine
Don’t wanna know
We knew
Refuse
Use, use, use

One foot forward
The other one back
Is it courage
That we lack?
Some thoughts backward
The others are whack
So called outrage
Calling the kettle black
(Whack)

We lie
It’ll be alright
We’ll die
Blind to what’s right
In spite
We lose
Use, use, you’s

Chords: E F# F E / E Bb A E / C A / C E; Part II @ 128 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Ibanez Acoustic Guitar, Ibanez Electric Guitar, Yamaha Jazz Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderThe Breakup Song

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LYRICS
My girlfriend
Is cold as ice
Said “The end.”
And, that’s not nice
Polar opposites
We’re breaking up
Solar refugees
Adrift at sea
Calving
Halving
Split and shed
Humanity
Insanity
Soon be dead
Should we dread?

My girlfriend
Skates thin ice
Said “The end.”
Didn’t think twice
Polar opposites
We’re breaking up
Solar refugees
Adrift at sea
Calving
Halving
Split and shed
Humanity
Insanity
Soon be dead
Should we dread?

Is it absurd to love an iceberg
or the pleasure of a glacier?
Think of how she must have felt
When we made her heart melt

Chords: Em D@m Dm Dm D#m Em / C Am / C D / G Em Em D# Dm / Dm D#m Em; Part II @ 123 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderNatural View

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LYRICS
Such a beautiful thing
When you hear her sing
In the whispering wind
And the howling rain
Transcend
Her pain
Ascend
Regain
Astral plane

The point-of-view
In-store for you
The reality of Earth’s entirety
Amend
Our strain
Ascend
Regain
Astral plane

What are you going to do
Now the knew is new
Time our hearts grew
The view is up to you
Transcend
The same
The End… or remain?
Terrestrials sane

A song about coming to the realization that you are part of nature. Take a look down on Earth from outer space. To destroy nature is to destroy yourself.

Chords: E F# F E / E Bb A E / C A / C E; Part II @ 128 BPM
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_borderFree?

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LYRICS
Free… is that what you want to be?
Free of responsibility?
Well, golly
Excuse me
I didn’t see you were drowning
In self-pity

Free… is that what you want to be?
Free of responsibility?
Well, what’s right
With your rights
Comes responsibilities
Then, what’s left
Is a civil society
Free… have we come to be
Rationally?

Written and recorded on July 4, 2023. With your freedom comes responsibilities. You have the responsibility not to litter, pollute, or impede others’ freedom. In the Nash equilibrium, each player’s strategy is optimal when considering the decisions of other players. “If things are not so good, you may be one to imagine something better,” said John Forbes Nash, Jr. (1994 Nobel Prize for Economics)

Chords: E / G D A C B7 E / E A A E / B7 E; Part II @ 108 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment