Formidable Vegetable Discography

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Garbage Guts - Lyrics

We’re All Friends

(Chords: Gm6 D#7 D7)

Everywhere my friends are all around me

And it’s my guess that they are with you too

If you want to keep them being friendly

Treat your friends as you’d like them to treat you

Who are all these friends I hear you asking

Right now it feels like I am all alone

But friends are always right there when you need them

Making up this place that we call home

(Chords: G7 C7 A7 D7)

Well, let introduce you to some of my good friends

And you may recognise them as some on whom you depend

There’s the trees

The Trees!

And the bees

The Bees!

The rivers

The Rivers!

You and them and me

You’ll find friends in unexpected places

Plants, animals and other people too

In real life, more than in cyberspaces

And friends don’t always look or think like you

To be a good friend, here are some things that you need

Honesty and loyalty and all the cups of tea!

With the trees

The Trees!

And the bees

The Bees!

The rivers

The Rivers!

And everything you see

(Outro chords: Gm D#7 D7)

We’re all friends

Bacteria

We’re all friends

Eukarya

We’re all friends

Archaea

We’re all friends. Yeah!

You! And You! And what about you!

And that thing over there!

It’s not even really a thing! It’s my friend! Yeah!

Well, we’re all friends.

Get A Goat

Goat. Goat. Goat.

Get a goat.

Get a goat

Get a get a goat.

No Such Thing As Waste

(Chords: Cm G7 Fm)

When I was a little kid

I liked to catch the rain

While my friends around the town

let it flow right down the drain

But our tiny house in the trees

Had one thing that we drank

Every drop that we had saved

In our rainwater tank

Cos there’s no such thing as waste

Only stuff in the wrong place

No there’s no such thing as waste

When we treasure every trace

Moved to the city, rented a house

On my way to buy a bed

Saw one lying on the side of the road

So I took that one instead

And I also found a fridge, a couch

And a big old sewing machine

In the biggest pile of thrown-out stuff

That I had ever seen

But there’s no such thing as waste

Only stuff in the wrong place

No there’s no such thing as waste

Better save it just in case

Well, we’ve gotta refuse, reduce, reuse, repair then renew

Refuse, reduce, reuse, repair then renew

You can get cool things out of the bin

You can compost every crumb

Save all the seeds, eat garden weeds

And give the rest back to your mum

It’s time we thunk about all our junk

To keep our planet clean

That W word is so absurd

In a world of blue and green

But there’s no such thing as waste

Only stuff in the wrong place

No there’s no such thing as waste

That idea should be replaced

But there’s no such thing as waste

Only stuff in the wrong place

No there’s no such thing as waste

Only opportunity to be embraced

Fonky Food

(Chords: Dm7 Em7)

If you stuff a load of cabbage inside of a jar

With a little bit of salt

And a little bit of spice and

Forget about it in the back of the car

A couple of weeks later it tastes real nice

The fermentation age is ragin’

The latest sensation across the nation

Fact is, it’s been around for ages

But the ancient flavours still bring elation

It’s fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

It can be smooth or chunky

Fonky food, fonky Food

We’ve been eating it since we were monkeys

Wild soda, nice and fizzy

Just fruit, whey, water and bottle it up

Left too long, it might make you dizzy

But a couple of days will make it ready to pop

Get sourdough rising up on the shelf

Bakin’ your bread

No breakin’ your head, no trouble

Get a mother from your brother

Or make it yourself

With flour and water,

Then wait until it bubbles

Like fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

It can be smooth or chunky

Fonky food, fonky Food

We’ve been eating it since we were monkeys

Kimchi, kefir, kombucha, kraut

Doesn’t take long to figure it all out

Lacto-bacto, accept the facto

Fonky Food is what it’s all about

Don’t be put off by the smell

Come alive inside and you’re living well

Fonked-out food now represent it

Come on and say if like you ferment it

Fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

Make your food get fonky

Fonky food, fonky food

It can be smooth or chunky

Funky food, fonky Food

We’ve been eating it since we were monkeys

Yoghurt up and dance!

Shoogieman

(Chords: Gm C#dim)

I’m your sweetie

I’m you’re honey

And you’re mine

You never leave me

I’m in your tummy

Always on you’re mind

You know without me,

Everything tasty

Would be bland

I make you crazy

I make you lazy

But you’re my biggest fan

I’m your sweet, sweet Shoogieman

Shoogie-shoogie

Sweet shoogie shoogie

I’m your sweet, sweet Shoogieman

While I devour

Your dental plan

You come back for more

Give me your power

Obey my command

(Bridge chords: Cm Gm D)

But if you say

You’re giving me up now

Or cutting me down

I’ll lose control

As your sweet, sweet Shoogieman

Shoogie-shoogie

Sweet shoogie shoogie

Don’t you love your sweet, sweet Shoogieman?

I may be sweet now

But when I get bitter

I can make you freak out

More than the babysitter

Won’t be your treat now

Even if you cover me in glitter

You can’t be free

As long as you keep coming back to me

Your old sweet, sweet Shoogieman

Shoogie-shoogie

Sweet shoogie shoogie

Yeah, I’m your sweet, sweet Shoogieman

Can

You

Live

Without Shoogieman?

Our Street

(Chords: G B7 Eb)

Our street’s a radish neighbourhood

We planted every seed we could

So it would lettuce turnip all the beets

We sent our roots deep underground

And new ideas bloomed all around

We’re all diggin’ living on our street

There’s goats and chickens

Bees and birds and fruit growing on the trees

We’re not perfect, but we do have everything we need

Milk and honey, vegetables so many tasty treats

It’s all right here, growing on our street!

We started off by baking bread

And turned out baking bricks instead

The chickens reckon we’re out of control

Fixed up old and rusty bikes

Now we cycle where we like

Getting by for free is how we roll

With the goats and chickens

Bees and birds and fruit growing on the trees

We’re not perfect, but we do have everything we need

Milk and honey, vegetables so many tasty treats

It’s all right here, growing on our street!

(Bridge Chords: A7 D)

Our garden’s now immense

Cos we pulled down the fence

Well, that might sound intense

But we’re friends with common sense

Cos there’s goats and chickens

Bees and birds and fruit growing on the trees

We’re not perfect, but we do have everything we need

Milk and honey, vegetables so many tasty treats

It’s all right here, growing on our street

There’s so much goodness growing on our street

So come on and lets all grow it on our street!

Earth People Fair - Lyrics

Earth People Fair

(Chords: Gm Cm A7 D)

I wanna see myself as a part of the whole

Grow some food for my family food bowl

Stand my ground but give up control

Know the boundaries but tear down all the walls

Won’t give up or give in to apathy

Gonna plant a tree then plant another three thousand

Now’s the time to start feeding my soul

Feet in the soil, believing anything is possible

As I get older, some things become clearer

The end of my life is always getting nearer

Focusing on the things that bring meaning

Food, community, love and healing

Been getting tired of all this moving around

Wanna bring it back home to a simple piece of ground

Been talking ‘bout it til my mouth is dumb

But all I’m trying to do is make a deeper connection with some

Earth People Fair

I’ve been looking for the

Earth People Fair

Show me where to find the

Earth People Fair

A stray alien wandering this ancient land

So much of the dream that I still don’t understand

Been looking at you but I’d rather see you

And follow the path of that old Dark Emu

Some day my body’s gonna breathe it’s last

Yeah, I’m aware that this too this shall pass

But til then I’ll keep singing to the open air

Hoping there’s time to advance Earth People Fair

Earth People Fair

I’ve been looking for the

Earth People Fair

Show me where to find the

Earth People Fair

Get together with the

Earth People Fair

Let me hear it for the

Earth People Fair

Grow A Garden

(Chords: C E7 Am F7 C G F G7 F7)

Whenever I come to see you

I always find you outside

With your hands in the ground

Gettin’ down with anything that grows

(Chords: C E7 Am D7 C G F7 G7 C7)

And all I want to do is join you

In that morning sunshine

I wanna know, wanna know

How you grow all your vegetables

Cos we’re gonna grow a garden

We’re gonna grow a garden yeah

We’re gonna grow a garden, darling

Yeah

We’re gonna grow a garden

We’re gonna grow a garden yeah

We’re gonna grow a garden, darling

Yeah

Well, I saved you some seeds from my pumpkins and peas

And I can foresee we’ll get them growing like weeds

We could stay up real late and plant them by the moon

And we’re gonna make everyone jealous

When they see what we’ve got growing on the trellis

It’ll be raining down in our very own food monsoon

Cos we’re gonna grow a garden

We’re gonna grow a garden yeah

We’re gonna grow a garden, darling

Yeah

(Bridge chords: Am D7 G7 C7)

When we’ve made our beds, we gonna raise that veg

Let the chickens out when they’ve laid their eggs

Growin’ asparagus spaghetti squash, strawberries,

Oh we can eat so much

From our garden

We’re gonna grow a garden yeah

We’re gonna grow a garden, darling

Yeah

Said we’re gonna grow a garden

We’re gonna grow a garden yeah

We’re gonna grow a garden, darling

Yeah

Dad’s Dunny

(Chords: Am Dm E7)

My dad’s dunny doesn’t flush

My dad’s dunny, well you might think it’s funny

But my dad’s dunny doesn’t flush

My dad’s dunny’s full of dirt

But it’s never activated smelly red alert

Don’t worry about the germs

Cos they’re eaten by the worms

Yeah cos my dad’s dunny’s full of dirt

Cos my dad’s dunny doesn’t flush

My dad’s dunny doesn’t flush

My dad’s dunny, well you might think it’s funny

But my dad’s dunny doesn’t flush

My dad’s dunny grows fruit trees

It breaks down all the poo so that there’s no chance of disease

It’s safer and it’s clean

To turn brown into green

That’s why my dad’s dunny grows fruit trees

(Bridge Chords: Dm Am E7)

Well he never needs a plumber

Cos the dunny’s never blocked

He doesn’t have to buy manure

Because the pile is always stocked

Just chuck some sawdust on your

number ones and twos

Then sit back and admire

All the water you don’t use

My dad’s dunny doesn’t flush

My dad’s dunny, well you might think it’s funny,

But my dad’s dunny doesn’t flush

Human

(Chords: Cm6 D7 Gm7 C9 Adim)

I’m a human

Check me out, I’m in complete control

I’m a human

Fuelled by oil and gas and coal

Obey my instructions

Yeah you’d better do just what I say

I’m bringin’ destruction

So go on get outta my way

Cos I’m a human

All consumin’

Man, I’m fumin’

(Human 2):

Hey man, what’s up? Why you making such a big mess? What’s the problem?

(Human 1):

Who do you think you are?

(Human 2):

Who am I? Man we’re not so different… listen

I’m a human

But I’m part of something so much bigger than me

Just one bud blooming

From the branches of my ances-tree

Roots in the ground

I’m a faithful lover of this land

I’m stickin’ around

Cos I’m here for more than just a one-life stand

Yeah I’m a human

An old-school human

I love being humam

that’s who I am

(Human 1):

What’s the matter with you? Can’t you see there’s money to be made?

(Human 2):

Money? Brother, we‘ve got everything we need right here. Just relax.

(Human 1):

Relax? Relax?! I’m too stressed out to relax! I’m freakin’ out!

How did I get here?

(Human 2):

I guess somewhere you must’ve gone off track

(Human 1):

Gotta get my head clear

(Human 2):

Maybe I can help to guide you back

(Human 1):

I wanna be human

(Human 2):

You could start by switching off your screen

(Human 1):

I wanna be human

(Human 2):

Don’t worry…

You’ll be the finest human anyone’s seen

(Together):

Being human

Well, you know it’s not a bad career

Just be human

Driven by love, not fear

We gotta be human

Be human

Human

Everybody’s Crazy

(Chords: C# F#7 G#7)

Everybody’s crazy

Just a little crazy

Nobody is normal

What kind of crazy are you?

Everybody’s crazy

Just a little crazy

Now you know you’re crazy

Well what y’all gonna do?

What’cha gonna do?

You could get all wonky

Acting like a monkey

Just gotta keep it funky

You might come up with something new

And if you’re feeling idle

Maybe you and I could

Ride a unicycle

While playing a kazoo

Well, if you’ve got odd behaviour

Then do yourself a favour

Just love your crazy flavour

Let it all shine through

Don’t let the straight and formal

Fool you that they are normal

Coz you know that they are all just crazy just like you

Everybody’s crazy

Just a little crazy

Nobody is normal

What kind of crazy are you?

Everybody’s crazy

Just a little crazy

Here’s one cat that’s crazy

It’s 23 Skidoo!

Yo! I was crazy as a baby and I never changed

Some people hide their crazy, I put mine on centre stage

They used to scream ‘Yo, you’re makin’ a scene, Stop that!’

And now I rock hip-hop in a purple top hat.

And they’re still screamin, now they scream ‘Oh Yeah!’

I hope I rock a show in Oz and you’re all there!

I’m a secret agent, acting normal is my alias,

But I’m the craziest, far-out like aliens!

What’cha gonna do?

Frustration

(Chords: Cm7 Cm9 Fm)

Here we go all over again

just watching history repeating

Tell me, what’s it gonna take for us

to find ourselves a deeper meaning?

I’ve seen the writing on the wall and waited for the world to change

But maybe that’s the reason I get trapped inside the same old game.

(Chorus chords; Gm Fm G7 Cm7)

Every time,

my expectations become

frustration.

I’m feeling kinda tired

Not deciding if I’m out or in

Lying awake at night just fantasising bout what might’ve been

I keep on hoping, dreaming ’bout the way I want things to become

But when I start expecting it the situation comes undone

And every time,

my expectations become

frustration.

(Bridge chords: Fm Cm7 G7)

Maybe I’m deluded in assuming I can change the world

I know it only happens when there’s action coming from my words

I look inside and hope I find the answer to just what is best

Cos I’m having trouble dealing with this aching feeling in my chest.

And every time, my expectations…

Widen my eyes to limitations…

Maybe I need to learn patience from my

Frustration.

Singing Makes It Better

(Chords: Em Baug G Em6 D7 G G7 C C7)

Well, I know that you’re down and feeling like you can’t get up

And I just wanna offer a little bit of love

Now I don’t really know what to do, but I hope that

Singing makes it better, oh yeah

Cos singing makes it better when you’ve got a broken heart and

Singing make it better when everything’s fallen apart, now

If you’ve got the blues

Just bust out a tune

Cos singing makes it better, oh yeah

Well I’m just trying to remind you

These times aren’t forever

And your pieces we’ll find and put back together

But for now here’s something to help you get through

Cos singing makes it better, oh yeah

That’s right singing makes it better when you’ve got a broken heart and

Singing make it better when everything’s fallen apart, now

If you’ve got the blues

Just bust out a tune

Cos singing makes it better, oh yeah

When you’ve got the good juju, share it around

Just pick a little tune you can sing it out loud

Cos spreading that love is so easy to do

And singing makes it better, oh yeah.

I said singing makes it better when you’ve got a broken heart and

Singing make it better when everything’s fallen apart

Now if you’ve got the blues

Just bust out a tune

Cos singing makes it better, oh yeah

That’s right singing makes it better when you’ve got a broken heart and

Singing makes it better when the whole world’s falling apart

Sometimes there’s just nothin left to do but

Singing makes it better

I said singing makes it better

Yeah, singing makes it better

Even in this crazy weather, well

Singing makes it better

I said singing’ makes it better, yeah

Singing makes it better, oh yeah

Pick Me Up (Hitchhiking Song)

(Chords: G B7 C A7)

Well, here I am out in the weather

Thumb is out and thanking you in advance

Won’t you pick me up

Please pick me up

Come on pick me up and give me a chance

Whether you’re a hippie in a van

Or a dude in a ute

If you’ve got a spare seat

And we’re on the same route

Won’t you pick me up

Please pick me up

Just pick me up and give me a chance

C’mon, pick me up

c’mon pick me up

I’m not just standing here to sing and dance

Won’t you pick me up

Please pick me up

Just pick me up and give me a chance

Well, I refuse to believe you want to be cruel to me

Maybe it’s just all new to you

But right now it’s 42 degrees so please

Won’t you pick me up,

Just pick me up,

Come on pick me up and give me a chance

I’m not gonna hurt you

I won’t disturb you

Won’t say a word to you if you really don’t want me to

I just want you to pick me up

Please pick me up

Come on pick me up and give me a chance

I said, pick me up, pick me up

I’m not just standing here to sing and dance

Won’t you pick me up, please pick me up

Come on pick me up and give me a chance

(Bridge chords: Em Baug G Em6 C A7)

Just as I’m about to call defeat

There you are offering me your seat, yeah

And you picked me up, well you picked me up

Just as my mood began to hang in strands

Well, it picked me up, it really picked me up

When you picked me up and gave me a chance

Yeah you picked my up

Thank you for sharing this significantly better circumstance

When you picked me up

You picked me up

You just picked me up and gave me a chance

Well you picked me up

You picked me up

Well, you picked me up and gave me a chance

Not The End

(Chords: C Fm)

After you grow up

you’re gonna grow down and

Whenever you breathe in

You’ve gotta breathe out

When the party is over

You’ve just gotta make your way home

When the fuel has all burned up

The fire goes out

When you can’t see a future

All you’ve got is right now

However, remember

That it’s not the end of the world

It’s not the end

No, it’s not the end of the world

Everything as we know it is

Winding right down

Time turn the city back

Into lots of little towns

We’re running out of water

But the river’s still gonna flow

Take out all your money

And put it in the ground

Trees and seeds in the soil

Are the best banks around

The economy is crashing

But it’s not the end of the world

It’s not the end

No, it’s not the end of the world

It’s not the end

No, it’s not the end of the world

(Bridge chords: C Bb F Fm)

Some day we’ll praise all those who drove us

To the change away from jobs and growth

Its neither good nor bad, it’s kinda both

But at least it’s not the end of the world

It’s not the end

No, it’s not the end of the world

It’s not the end

No, it’s not the end of the world

Trees Eat Us All

(Chords: C G Am)

Designer, you’re now a recliner

So long and thanks for the yield

and your tools left behind

have all sharpened our minds

to keep growing the change in the field

The future is looking quite shady

Under all the ideas that you’ve grown

And to look out the window

At food in the ground

Gives us power to face the unknown

(Chorus chords: C G C, C G C, C G Am F G C)

But trees eat us all in the end

So plant one for me when I’m gone

Then if you hear that I’ve died

You can tell them they’ve lied

I’m just shading-out somebody’s lawn

Tapping into the rhizomes of wisdom

You wove them all into a tale

And with seeds in your pockets and dirt on your hands

You took us into the belly of the whale

So go on and tell us another

Cos your stories are food for the soul

Helping us see the forest for the trees

And ourselves as part of the whole

See ourselves as part of the whole

Yeah trees eat us all in the end

So plant one for me when I’m gone

Then if you hear that I’ve died

You can tell them they’ve lied

I’m just shading-out somebody’s lawn

Though the problems around us are many

The answers come to us with ease

Take care of the land, your friends and your family

And remember to plant lots of trees

Cos trees eat us all in the end

So plant one for me when I’m gone

Then if you hear that I’ve died

You can tell them they’ve lied

I’m just shading-out somebody’s lawn

Spaceship Earth

Hello Spaceship Earth

Fellow passengers who make this journey

This is your crew speaking out over the loudspeakers

As we continue to swerve

At a thousand miles an hour

Around spaces curved, Spaceship Earth

Following our perfect ellipse

This momentarily eclipsed

By a solemn announcement that a grave event has occurred

One of our greatest captains who faithfully served Spaceship Earth

With expertise, grace, mirth and makeshift work

To educate us to make the shift work

Has returned his body to the self same dirt in the place of his birth

So vale Bill Mollison

The pioneer of a philosophy we’re still following

The last best hope for any possibility to heal the holocene

Bill Mollison

May the odyssey of knowledge you revealed and dropped us on

Live on long after the body that produced your body of work is long gone

Digested by the very trees that we plant in your honour

As you combine with detritus, may the guidance you planted inside us

Grow permanent cultures of food for thought forests

Consumed by the brain stems of the next generation of captains

Dedicated to managing the fragile balances of Spaceship Earth

So we can continue travelling and fly still

The galaxies on the precious and unique spacecraft planet

Goodbye, Bill

Grow Do It - Lyrics

Grow Do It

(Chords: G7 C7 E7 A7)

It’s a beautiful day out in the yard and

We’re gonna get out and play in the garden

There’s plenty to do but we’re not gonna work too hard

And we’re gonna have some fun with all our friends

(Chorus chords: G7 C7 Cdim G7 Eb G7 E7 A7 G7 C7)

C’mon lets grow, grow do it

Everybody get up, get going, get outside and get into it

Yeah, we’re gonna work it out as we go

Cos we’ve got so much food to grow

So we can share it round with all our friends!

Anything You Want

(Chords: D7 G7 A7)

You can do anything you want

When it’s good for you

And good for everyone

There’s no need to wait just activate

Do what you can with what you’ve got

You can be anything you want

When you is who you is

Playing your own part

It’s alright to listen to suggestions

But just be who you are

Cos it’s gonna be right

It’s gonna be right

Put your mind to what you want

Write it down every night

Cos it’s gonna be right

When the time is ripe

Well, you can’t go wrong when it’s right

You can have

Anything you want

when you realise

The best things ‘aint things at all

And what you have improves with gratitude

So just love what you’ve got

You can grow anything you want

If it feeds your soul,

And anything beyond

You’ll have way more

If you share it ‘round

So give it everything you’ve got

Cos it’s gonna be right

It’s gonna be right

Put your mind to what you want

Write it down every night

Cos it’s gonna be right

When the time is ripe

Well, you can’t go wrong when it’s right

Sweet P’tata

(Chords: Gm6 D#7 D7 Gm6 D#7 D7 Gm6 Cm D7 Gm6)

You’re my sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata

I’m gonna eat you later, eat you later, eat you later

You’re no dud spud under mud, you’re unrelated

Cos you’re my sweet p’tata

Well, I see you being all shriveled in my cupboard

Let me put you in the garden bed, I think you’ll love it

Gonna leave you underground until you make another

Little sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata

You’re a ground cover, ground cover, ground cover

Mound lover, drought tougher, you’re my sound brother

Gonna dig you, wash you, cook you, eat you for my supper

My little sweet p’tata

You’re my sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata

I’m gonna eat you later, eat you later, eat you later

You’re my kind of dynamic accumulator, my little sweet p’tata

I’m gonna pluck your leafy tips, I’m gonna cut you into chips,

Maybe whip me up some dip, my little sweet p’tata

You’re my sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata

I’m gonna eat you later, eat you later, eat you later

You’re my savior with the flavor that I wanna savor

My little sweet p’tata

You’re my sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata, sweet p’tata

I’m gonna eat you later, eat you later, eat you later

Than a regular potato, you are so much greater.

My little sweet p’tata

Kimchi

(Chords: Dm A7)

Kimchi, it’s good for me

It’s the best stuff that I eat, I guarantee

Kimchi! So good for me

I wanna make it for my friends and my family

All I do is I get my daikon radish with a cabbage finely diced

Then I chop a bit of chilli with the garlic and the ginger

To crank it up with spice

Add saltiness, sweetly caress it to give it a good massage

Then when I see that water rise, I stuff it inside a jar

Kimchi, it’s good for me

Fermenty probiotic flavour jamboree

Kimchi, what does it mean?

Something like salty pickled veggies in Korean

Kimchi, it’s good for me

It’s the best stuff that I eat, I guarantee

Kimchi, so good for me

I wanna make it for my friends and my family

(Bridge chords: Gm Dm A7)

Well, let’s stuff it, stuff it, stuff it, stuff it inside a jar

Yeah, let’s stuff it, stuff it, stuff it, stuff it inside a jar

C’mon let’s stuff it, stuff it, stuff it, stuff it inside a jar

C’mon stuff it, stuff it, stuff it, stuff it inside a jar

Kimchi, take it from me, you wanna leave it out on the bench for about a week

Kimchi, when it’s ready well, y’know your whole kitchen’s really gonna reek

Be careful when you try and take a peek

Yeah, but kimchi is the flavour that I seek

You Are What You Eat

(Chords: Fm Fm7 Fm6 Edim A#dim Edim Gdim C#dim G7 C)

You are what you eat

And you are what what you eat eats

And you’re even what what what you eat eats eats

Here’s a clue, why don’t you

Take a peek beneath your feet

If you want to know what you’re made from

Look at what what you’re made from’s made from

Cos the stuff that we’re all made from is the same

Yeah we goes from dust to dust

So you gotta just trust that upper crust

And maintain that good terrain from whence you came

(Chorus chords: Fm Eb C#7 G7 Caug / D7 C#7 C7 Fm)

We’ve been looking up

We’ve been messing ‘round

We’ve been freakin’ out

But it’s time to get

Down, down, down

Cos we’re made up

Of common ground

Can’t live without it

And it’s time to get

Down, down, down, down, down

When you flirt with the dirt

You’ll observe it’s certainly not inert

From a worm to a chicken, Bok Begerk

You’re never alone on the loam

And it’s time to get to work!

We’ve been looking up

We’ve been messing ‘round

We’ve been freakin’ out

But it’s time to get

Down, down, down

Cos we’re made up

Of common ground

Can’t live without it

And it’s time to get

Down, down, down, down, down

You are what you eat

And you are what what you eat eats

And you’re even what what what you eat eats eats

And it repeats, it repeats, it repeats

It repeats, it repeats ,it repeats

It repeats, it repeats, it repeats

It repeats, it repeats

Down, down, down

Egg & Cheese Muffin!?

Lyrics © A Big Industrial Food Corporation

(Chords: F Bb C)

INGREDIENTS:

Muffin: Enriched bleached flour (Wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) Water, yeast, contains two percent or less: Wheat gluten, salt, dough conditioners (Azodicarbonibide, Datem, Ascorbic Acid) High fructose corn syrup, sugar, soybean and/or cottonseed oil, calcium propionate and potassium sorbate added to prevent spoilage, distilled vinegar, yellow corn meal, natural and artificial flavors, citric acid, fumaric acid, soy flour.

Cooked Egg Patty: Whole eggs, water, egg yolk, soybean oil, nonfat

dry milk, modified corn starch, potassium sorbate (preservative), monosodium phosphate, salt, xanthum gum, natural and artificial

butter flavor [butter (cream, milk), partially hydrogenated soybean

and cottonseed oil, soybean oil, lipolyzed butter oil and natural

and artificial flavors], sodium acid pyrophosphate, nisin preparation (preservative), citric acid, soy lecithin.

Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese:

Cultured milk, water, cream, sodium phosphate, salt,

sorbic acid (preservative), vegetable color

(annatto, paprika extract), enzymes.

Contains wheat, eggs, milk and soy.

Eatin’ Weeds

Eatin’ Weeds

(Chords: C F7 C G G7 C C7 F F7 D7 G7 C)

Did you ever think a weed

Could be something you can eat?

Let me tell you ‘bout some eatin’ weeds I know

You can munch them all day long

While you’re singing this weed song

Cos they’re growing almost everywhere you go

I’ve been known to succumb to Nasturtium

Root of Dandelion drying for my tea

I’m gonna pluck myself some Chickweed

And sprinkle it with Flickweed

I’ll even eat some Seaweed

If I’m living by the sea

Did you ever think a weed

Could be something you can eat?

Let me tell you bout some eatin’ weeds I know

You can munch them all day long

While you’re singing this weed song

Cos they’re growing almost everywhere you go

Well nothing makes me whistle

Like a salad with Milk Thistle

Rockin’ rolla Gotu Kola in the lawn

Yeah I ramble in the Brambles

Leaning over for the Clover

If I lived with you your weeds would be all gone

Where it’s wetter you can bet I’ll

Cook me up some Stinging Nettle

It goes better with some feta in a pie

Or else I may just settle

For some Sorrel or some Fennel

C’mon why don’t you just give them all try?

Did you ever think a weed

Could be something you can eat?

Let me tell you ‘bout some eatin’ weeds I know

You can munch them all day long

While you’re singing this weed song

Cos they’re growing almost everywhere you go

Now, just because it’s called a weed

Doesn’t mean that it is bad

Find out if it can feed you

Or do something that is rad

Because a weed is any plant

That grows really, really well

So well it makes some people rant

And rave and swear and curse and yell

But did you ever think a weed

Could be something you can eat?

Let me tell you ‘bout some eatin’ weeds I know

You can munch them all day long

While you’re singing this weed song

Cos they’re growing almost everywhere you go

Yeah, they’re growing almost everywhere you go

Well, they’re growing almost everywhere you go

Plastic!

(Chords: Gm Cm D7)

There’s this stuff that’s everywhere

Well, I can see it right here and over there

It comes from deep below the ground

And we spend a lot of time just spreading it ‘round

I’m talking ‘bout plastic

It’s not fantastic

Cos it never ever goes away

Don’t wanna use it

We’ve got to lose it

Because otherwise it’ll be here to stay

I had this friend who got a snack

That came all wrapped up in a plastic sack

I said ‘Dude! Just nude your food!’

And if it comes in plastic, take it back

Because plastic

It’s not fantastic

And it’s always gonna cost more cash

Don’t wanna use it

We’ve got to lose it

Cos it always ends up in the trash

(Bridge chords: Cm Gm GmM7 Gm7 GmM7 / Adim D#dim F#dim Cdim)

What can you do instead of wrapping up your food in plastic?

You can refuse and say “Pretty, pretty please don’t bag it”

Get a water bottle made of metal take it, make it a habit

Cos we don’t wanna end up on a desert planet swimming in plastic

Because plastic

It ain’t fantastic

And we’ve got a load of better ways

Don’t wanna use it,

We’ve got to lose it

C’mon, make today a no plastic day

Arabella

(Chords: C5 C F7 Adim G7 C5 C F7 Adim C5 Baug)

They call me Arabella Isa Brown

I’m a chicken from the baddest part of town

They locked me up with seven million hens like me

In a big smelly egg laying factory

But one day along came someone like you

And let me tell you just what they did do

Got me out and took me away

It was the first time I’d seen the light of day

(Chorus chords: F7 C F7 G G7)

I was a free chicken

A free range chicken

They took me home and gave me my own patch

I had to learn just how to peck and scratch

I was so happy, I just had to express

I could finally provide a bit of chicken-ness

I was a free chicken

A free range chicken

When I say ‘Bok’, you say ‘Begerk!’

Bok, begerk, bok bok, begerk

When I say ‘scratchin’ you say ‘dirt!’

Scratchin’, dirt, scratchin’ dirt

Now let me see you scratch, c‘mon get to work

So ever since the day I came on the scene

I’m way more than just an egg-laying machine

Fluff the ground, eat the bugs, scratching the weeds

Do my bit of do to give the soil a feed

Cos I’m a free chicken

A free range chicken!

Now I’m a very happy hen indeed

Got food ‘n room to move ‘n everything I need

So come on now, be a chicken too

so you can see that you’re like me and I’m like you

Be a free chicken

A free range chicken

Express your chicken-ness

Mycelium Around Ya

(Chords: A Bm7 C#m7)

People say I’m a fun guy

But that’s more than what I am

You can call me Fun Gus

Come underground to my pad to jam

There’s not mushroom down there

But we’ve got mycelium

I wanna wrap mycelium around ya

Til super-kingdom come

I wanna wrap mycelium around ya

Wrap mycelium around ya

Well you know fungi like me

Need a bit of fun-gal company

I wanna decompose you a love song

‘Symbiosis’ in the key of G

And when I party

You know I love to break it down

Eating dead wood tastes so good

And y‘know I’m gonna share it round

I wanna wrap mycelium around ya

Wrap mycelium around ya

Wrap my-silly-arm around ya

Yeah I wanna wrap mycelium around ya

Wrap mycelium around ya

Wrap my-silly-arm around ya

Gonna wanna wrap mycelium around ya

Wrap mycelium around ya

Break It Down

(Chords: Gm7 Cm6 F7+5 Gm7)

Break it down

Get it back in the ground

Cycle it round

That green and brown

Break it down

If it was once alive

Make your garden thrive

High five

Down it break

In a scat layer cake

Pile it up high

Then let it bake

Give it some air

But don’t let it dry out

And every now and then

Fluff it about

(Chorus chords: D7 G7 C7 F7 Gm7)

Everything is always

Falling apart

There’s no need

To let it break your heart

Just break it down

Breaking down

Microbes going to town

Getting their fix

Til it’s all devoured

Broken down

Time to feed your plants

Spread it right out

And do a little dance

Everything is always

Falling apart

Might as well

Just give it all

A brand new start

And break it down

I said break it down

C’mon break it

Well, when the time is up

just break it down

Permaculture A Rhymer's Manual- Lyrics

Look Around

(Chords: D G D G D G D)

Everything you need

Is right in front of you

When you learn to see

Good things come to you

All you have to do is stop

And take a look around

Before you intervene

Don’t do anything

Come to all your senses

They’ll tell you everything

First you have to learn to stop

And take a look around

(Chorus chords: Em A :|| D G D)

Take a look around

Listen to the sound

Why not take a whiff?

You’ll see much better if

You use more than just your eyes

Take a step outside

If you wanna know

What your soil is like

And what is gonna grow

All you have to do is stop

And take a look around

Take a look around

Get your hands into the ground

Don’t be scared of the dirt

It isn’t gonna hurt

And if you’re braver, try the flavour

Take a handful of that land

And go on, squeeze it in your hand

Then check out the display

If it stays together, it’s clay

But if it falls apart, it’s sand

Woah yeah, take a look, take a look, take a look

Read the landscape like a book

Interact, low impact, get your feedback

When you take a look around

Abundance will abound

The problem is the solution

Just depends on your perception

Try to change yourself before the world

Yeah, take a look around

On the inside and the out

Cos when you observe yourself

You see everything else

Make good use of it now

Energy

(Chords: Em C D Em)

There’s one thing everyone needs

And I am sure that you will all agree that

In the end it comes down to energy

If you’ve got some, put some effort in now

Cos whatever it is won’t be hanging around

Gotta put it in a bottle and store it any way you can

(Chorus chords: Em F#m)

Catch and store energy every day

Any way that you can with care

Catch and store energy every day

Any way that you can while it’s there

If the sun is shining down its rays

Then get outside and make some hay

Because you might just only have today to do it

And when there’s more, don’t keep it all yourself

Give some to a friend with room on their shelf

Cos the best way to generate energy is to keep it moving

Catch and store energy every day

Any way that you can with care

Catch and store energy every day

Any way that you can while it’s there

Catch and store energy every day

Any way that you can for later on

Catch and store energy every day

Any way that you can before it’s gone

(Bridge chords: Em D C B)

Well now I’m young but it won’t be long

Before I grow old and this energy will be gone

So I’d better find a way to pass it on

When you’re coming inside at the end of the season

Preserve all your surplus and save all your seeds

And reserve as much as you can for later on

Catch and store energy every day

Any way that you can with care

Catch and store energy every day

Any way that you can while it’s there

Catch and store energy every day

Any way that you can for later on

Catch and store energy every day

Any way that you can before it’s gone

Yield

(Chords Intro: Cm6 Bb6 G7 :|| x3 Ebm6 Dm6

Verse: Cm6 Bb6 G7 Cm6)

If you work all day from nine to five

And come home feeling half alive

And never see your kids and wife

Then I’ve got news for you

There’s no point doing what you do

Unless it’s somehow good for you

You’ve got to get a result or two

in the form of something real

Now if you’re feeling stressed and not the best

And have trouble finding happiness

Well here’s one thing I will suggest

Obtain yourself a yield

(Chorus chords: Cm6 Cdim Fm Bb6 G7 Cm6)

Obtain yourself a yield

Sustain your energy

Don’t drain yourself

Maintain yourself

Obtain yourself a yield

Now, money’s not the only yield,

You could be making a bigger deal

About what you eat for your next meal

You can’t run on an empty tank

Ignore the stash of cash in your pocket

Just make a salad with homegrown rocket

You just have to go out back and pluck it

No need to go to the bank

You gotta work your days for stuff that pays

In not just money, but in many ways

It’s time you cleared away the haze

And obtained yourself a yield

Obtain yourself a yield

Of something you can eat

You can produce

Some things of use

With your own two hands and feet

Obtain yourself a yield

Right in the here and now

Make sure to earn

Something in return

Here, let me show you how

(Bridge chords: Fm Cm6 G7 Cm6 :|| x6 Ebm6 Dm6)

Now if you’re feeling sleepy

Then go and have a sleep

And if you feel like there’s not enough air

Then breathe in very deep

If you’re thirsty then you oughta

Get yourself a drink of water

And if it’s gonna be cold

And your feeling bold

You could shear yourself a sheep

In any given moment

There’s everything you need

Just look around, it will be found

Then obtain yourself a yield

Obtain yourself a yield

Take only what you need

Life’s pretty fun when you’re getting’ some

But there’s no need for greed

Obtain yourself a yield

And one for others too

Make sure to seal both ends of the deal

Of what’s good for both of you

Yeah, an easy way to do it

Is to give one to your friends

Because the good things you do come back to you

And the yield just never ends

That’s right the good things you do come back to you

And the yield just never ends

The good things you do come back to you

And the yield just never, ever, ever ends

Limits

(Chords: Am7 Am6 F7 E7 :|| x4 F7 E7 Am)

Hi, I’m your planet,

You might know me from such places

As the one you inhabit

I’m the air you breathe

And the land on which standing

The food that you eat

But I’m getting a little bit dark on

Some of the ways you treat me

See I give you

Everything you need

Yet still you want more

You’re falling over yourselves with greed

It is time I remind you

To exercise restraint

Because if there’s one thing you should know it’s infinite, I aint

(Pre-chorus chords: D7 C#7 C7 A7)

You better L.I.M.I.T

What you take from me

Just get to know the deal

With my L.I.M.I.T

You’ve been having a field day on my skin

Cutting it up, burrowing in

But I’m reaching for my skin lotion

To take away the pain

Better start to regulate your lifestyle of excess

Cos I’m picking up my telephone and dialling up the pest control guy

Get your L.I.M.I.T on

Im gonna count to three

Cos I’ve had it up to here

So get your L.I.M.I.T on

Cos I’ve got limits and I’m not afraid to use them

With your bad habits, you do nothing but abuse them

Yeah, I’ve got limits and I’m not afraid to use them

If you keep going, well all your privileges you’ll lose them

Mmm, mm, mm mm, mm, mmm mm

Now, it’s time to check yourself and stop pointing fingers out

Because self-responsibility is what it’s all about

Stop relying on the top, cos it starts here on the ground

Just get back to your gardens people, stop foolin’ around

(Bridge chords: D7 Cdim C A7)

Yeah, get back, get back

I said get back, get back

Just get back, get back

To your garden

I said, get back, get back

C’mon now get back, get back

Just get back, get back

To your garden

Cos I’ve got limits

And I’m not afraid to use them

Harsh consequences

Well I’m about to introduce them

I’ve got limits

And I’m just about to use them

Are you gonna listen now

The future’s yours for the choosing

Yeah, it is yours for the choosing

Mmm, mm, mm mm, mm, mmm mm

Oil

(Chords Intro: Cdim G D7 G

Verse: G D7 G G7 C C7 G D7 G)

We’re running out of oil

It’s going to be hard to live

If we don’t find some alternatives to oil

Because pretty much everything we do uses oil

Let me list some of the things made with oil

There’s computers, light bulbs, toothpaste

Cat food, dog food, our food

Microwaves, umbrellas, blankets, glasses, crayons

Fridges, pharmaceuticals, houses

Trucks and boats and planes and clothes

And roads and phones and shops and farms

And your auntie’s underpants

If we don’t find a solution we won’t have them anymore

Because pretty soon will be no more oil

We don’t need cars, well we didn’t in my day

Maybe now we do

But we could also walk, use bicycles and ride horses

Instead of oil and coal and uranium

Use clean, renewable resources

Like the sun

It has heaps of energy

Beaming down for free

Feeding plants and trees

Make use of these kind of natural forces

And use clean, renewable resources

(Bridge chords: Gm D7 G…)

Why mine gas? Seems silly to me

When you can make your own

From the comfort of your throne with a methane digester

The future of energy is in predominantly biological processes

So be a clean, renewable investor

Use and value clean, renewable, clean, renewable

Clean, renewable services and resources

Once again

Clean, renewable, clean, renewable

Clean, renewable services and resources

It’s time to do away with fossil fuels and just get back to the soil (Cm)

Cos let’s face it, it’s the end of oil

Yes, let’s face it, it’s the end of oil

We might as well face it

It’s the end of oil

(Outro chords: G C G Gm Cm D7 Cdim G D G D G D G)

No Such Thing As Waste

(Chords Intro: Gm D7 D7 Gm D7 Dm

Verse: Gm D7 :||)

When I was a little boy, I liked to catch the rain

While people all around my town watched it flow right down the drain

But cos our little shed in the bush wasn’t on the mains

The only water we had to use was in a tank caught from the rain

(Chorus chords: Gm D7 Cm D7 Gm D7 Gm)

Cos there’s no such thing as waste

Only stuff in the wrong place

No, there’s no such thing as waste

Misusing water’s a disgrace

Moved to the city, rented a house, on my way to buy a bed

Saw one lying on the side of the road so I took that one instead

And I also found a fridge, a couch and a big old plasma screen

In the biggest pile of thrown out stuff that I had ever seen

But there’s no such thing as waste

Only stuff in the wrong place

Yeah, there’s no such thing as waste

That old landfill is a disgrace

Down the track, I found out that diesel cars can run on veggie fat

Bought a truck and hit the road, smelling like fish & chips

I rescued piles of wasted oil from the back of restaurants

I’d be a fool if I bought my fuel when there’s oil nobody wants

Cos there’s no such thing as waste, woah no

Only stuff in the wrong place

I said there’s no such thing as waste

That old idea’s got to be replaced

(Bridge chords: Cm Gm Cm D7)

Now we gotta refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle

Refuse, reduce, reuse, repair, recycle

Now I get my things out of garbage bins and I compost every crumb

I save my seeds and eat my weeds and feed the leftovers to ya mum

Gonna build a house from the rubbish tip, gonna keep this planet clean

Reuse ideas that have been round for years to live within its means

Cos there’s no such thing as waste, woah no

Only stuff in the wrong place, scooba doo beeooden dip

I said there’s no such thing as waste, yay

Only opportunity to be embraced

Patterns

(Chords Intro: C D7 G7 :|| x2 C C7 F Fm Em Am D7 G7

Verse: C D7 G7 :||)

I wake up every morning

Every night I go to bed

Like everybody, I was born and

Like everybody, someday I’ll be dead

Like the sun arising

And the sun going down

It’s all working to a pattern

That keeps the whole thing going round

(Chorus chords: C Am F G7)

Around, around ,around

It’s just the way it happens

Around, around ,around

Always in patterns

Gotta see the bigger picture

Before looking at the small

If you can’t see the forest for the trees

Then you’re not really seeing at all

Before you do anything

Gotta know how it’s done

Work from a pattern to the details

You’ll be halfway there before you’ve even begun

Around, around, around

They’ll tell you what you need to know

From what the weather’s doing, if there’s rain a-brewing

To how to make your garden grow

We can rely on patterns

And you can learn them faster

Train your brain to retain them

Become a pattern master

Like a tessellated tamarillo

Or a spiral full of herbs

Or Fibonacci geometry in broccoli

Or all of these rhyming words

It really blows my mind

The way it’s all designed

Woah no, I’m not religious, but it’s prodigious

All these patterns in this world of mine

They go around, around ,around

In a dynamic relationship

With the answers at your fingertip

Life’s just one big mobius trip

Woah, if you can disprove patterns

Well I’ll eat my hat and

Make my habitat into

A room full of padding

In downtown Ballarat

And just talk in scat

Scoobeedoobeedoobedoobee

Like that

Get Together

(Chords: Am G F)

I see you there, on your own

And I don’t know what you’re doing all alone

There’s not enough time in this life

To be wrapped up in your own thing, just doing your own thing

Yeah, wrapped up in your own thing, thinking bout your own thing

I‘ve got an idea of things to do

But they’d be ten times better if I did them with you

Come over here, we’ll make it happen

With some inspirational collaboration

(Chorus chords: G F)

Let’s get together

All my people in the neighbourhood

Well we’ve lived here so long, what’s going on?

Don’t even know your names, or what you do

But with a little bit of effort, we could make community

Yeah, with a little bit of effort, we could make community

Let’s get together

(Bridge chords: Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm Em Dm E7 Am)

Woah, one and one

Has more than two functions

We need to make the connection

Shed the illusion of separation

Everyone living on this land

We could make light work if we give each other a hand

Don’t matter where you’re from or who you are

Yeah, we need some integration, no more segregation

Let’s get together

Let’s get it together

Let’s get together

Small & Slow

(Chords: A7 D7)

In the future

When there’s no more fossil energy

How we gonna feed the masses

And have enough for you and me?

Life today seems pretty good

Like we came out on top

But I wonder how we’re gonna get down

Just gotta be careful we don’t drop

(Chorus chords: A7 D7 :|| x3 E7 D7 A7)

Take it slow

Make it small and slow

To avoid the confusion

Use small and slow solutions

Yeah

Mmm

In your front yard

You can grow most of your food

In a space the size of your driveway

Doesn’t have to be huge

Plant a seed, watch it grow

It’ll feed ya, just let it go

Don’t want the pain of too much to maintain

So stay inside the right size

And take it slow

Make it small and slow

Who needs the green revolution

When you’ve got small and slow solutions

Yeah

Mmm

When we quit our oil addiction

How we gonna get around

Well I think there’s a small and slow solution, people

In this technology I’ve found

It’s called your feet

And they’re pretty good for getting from A to B

It takes a bit longer

But your legs come out stronger

And there’s lots of nice things to see

When you take it slow

Make it small and slow

Don’t create no pollution

With small and slow solutions

Yeah

Mmm

(Bridge chords: E7 D7 :||)

Bigger isn’t always better

Faster don’t make you stronger

If we keep going the way we’re going

Oh, we won’t be around for much longer

So instead of running towards a brick wall

Why not walk instead and save your head

The bigger it is the harder it falls

So keep it small, keep it small and

Take it slow

Cos the dream of unlimited growth

Is just a popular delusion

So use small and slow solutions

Yeah

Mmm

Many Many

(Chords Intro: Dm Em Dm C G :||

Verse: Dm Em)

If you mix every colour under the sun

In time you’ll find that you just have one.

Better give them all a chance to shine

Cos otherwise you end up with the same thing

It’s a delicate balancing act

And that applies to you and me

Cos the only way we stay intact

Is with a big fat dose of diversity

Our bodies are a billion organisms made into one

There’s no telling where the last one ended

Or where the next tiny little bacterium begun

You see, diversity is your friend and

If your food only had one flavour

If everything that you said was right

It really wouldn’t work to your favour

Variety is the spice of life

(Chorus chords: Dm Em :|| x3 Dm G C :||)

Cos there’s many, many, many, many different kinds

Many, many, many, many different places

Many, many, many, many different times

Many, many, many, many different faces

Many, many, different varieties

Many, many, people in society

There’s many different opinions on the way to do things

Many, many, many, many songs to sing

So if you like everything to look the same

Just open up and try to get past it

Cos it really does make you stronger

When you don’t put all your eggs in one basket

The more functioning connections the better

You never know what it will become

Mix it up but keep it together

Make your differences work as one

Cos there’s many, many, many, many different kinds

Many, many, many, many different places

Many, many, many, many different times

Many, many, many, many different faces

Many, many, different varieties

Many, many, people in society

There’s many different opinions on the way to do things

Many, many, many, many songs to sing

Mix it up, mix it up, mix it up

Bring it back, bring it back, bring it back

Cos there’s many, many different kinds

Many, many, many, many different places

Many, many, many, many different times

Many, many, many, many different faces

Many, many, different varieties

Many, many, people in society

There’s many different opinions on the way to do things

Many, many, many, many songs to sing

The Edge

(Chords Intro: Em Am7 B7 Em :|| x4

Verse/Chorus: Em Am7 B7 Am7 Em B7 Em)

Some people tell me that I’m crazy

Cos I do things that don’t fit in

With the rest of society

Like my love of small spaces

My room ‘aint too large

I just live in a box

Underneath the house

Off the corner of my garage

But the edge is where it’s at

And it’s easy to create

And my mama always said

If you’re not living on the edge

Then you’re taking up too much space

Been looking to settle down

Find some place nice

Where I can get my hand

On some marginal land

And turn it into paradise

The smaller the better

And I don’t care if it’s bad

I guess I’m the kind of fella

Who’ll always be a fringe dweller

Just do the best I can with what I have

Because the edge is where it’s at

And it’s the most productive place

And my mama always said

If you’re not living on the edge

Then you’re taking up too much space

I might wind up in the desert

With whipping wind and sun

Well, I’ll just plant a hedge and I’ll start my edge

And I’ll have sorted two things with one

Oh, but if the rain is a-falling

And washing everything away

I’ll just slow down that water with a convoluted border

And everything gonna be ok

Because the edge is where it’s at

I’m gonna work that interface

Cos my mama always said

If you’re not living on the edge

Then you’re taking up too much space

Yes she did

Make a pledge to acknowledge the edge

Grow some veg and stack it on a ledge

Wherever things come together

You’ll find it getting better

You’ll fall so in love with the edge

You’ll wanna write it a love letter

Just broaden your range at the place of exchange

You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain

Woah, there’s every single colour sitting between white and black

A well-beaten path ain’t always the right track

Because the edge is where it’s at

And we’re on the edge right now

Yeah we’re gonna see some change

See some things get rearranged

Moving on cos there’s no going back

I said the edge is where it’s at

And there’s no more time to waste

Cos my mama always said

If you’re not living on the edge

Then you’re taking up too much space

Yeah my mama always said

If you’re not living on the edge

Then you’re taking up too much space

Change

(Chords: Dm Gm)

One thing’s for certain

And that’s that nothing’s for certain

You never know what’s around the bend

In whatever you’re dealing

Just accept what you’re feeling

There’s no point in believing

It will never end

Cos it’s changing

Constantly changing

In every situation

The only thing that remains the same

Is change

Like a change in the season

Change is there for a reason

Can’t stop ourselves from moving around the sun

There’s no point in complaining

If it’s stormy and raining

Just go and get an umbrella

And play in the rain with someone

Cos it’s changing

Every moment changing

Sometimes there’s nothing you can do

And no matter who you are

You’ve just got to be cool with change

Change is there make the most of it

Might as well use it for your benefit

If your food’s bad, you’d better compost it

When there’s no planes, build a pirate ship

And sail the seas

You can do as you please

Oh, but only if you know you’ve got to improvise your way

Through change

Even if you keep very still

Be guaranteed that nothing else will, no

Don’t sit around wondering what to do

If you don’t make change, it’ll happen to you

We’ve got small change and big change and loose change

Slow change and fast change and a wind change

We’ve got sea change and tree change and climate change

You change and me change and a key change

(Chord: Am)

Change is all the rage, turn the page away from

This strange age of the deranged

Time to engage with rearranging our brains

From insane to sane

Step out of your cage worrying about your wage

Or the Asian stock exchange

Just drain your main vain of the pain

Take to the stage and become an agent of change

Climate Movement (Single) - Lyrics

Climate Movement

I believe we all came to be here for a reason

To acknowledge the seniors, everything has a season

This season is warm, but it’s bringing a storm

And a burning urge for our journey to transform

But held in our hand at this grave intersection

Is a map of the passage for a clearer direction

To a permanent culture, it’s time we began it

With some wise design to realign with the planet

Share skills to rebuild our combined reliance

And with wild guidance, redesign our diets

Befriend energy descent and the changing climate

To grow forests of food and a finer environment

Permaculture at this tumultuous juncture

Is a superstructure that can plug the puncture

In a society of anxiety, confusion & greed

This really may be one solution we need

To bring back our elementary essence of ethics

And walk an Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share epic

Now’s the time to embed it while the temperature’s tepid

Let us rise as a choir beside the people who get it

To guarantee that our future generations lives

Are provided the conditions they require to thrive

Instead of being deprived of the tools to survive

In a biosphere too defiled to revive

So we invite you now to amplify the synergy

Devise an inspired distinctive soliloquy

Combining with like-minds in adaptable symphony

Of radical simplicity, balance and symmetry

Whatever your ability, we need your assistance

In aid of reclaiming a stable existence

So summon your gifts at this critical hour

And deliver wherever they move and empower