1. |
Brazilian Beetles
03:29
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2. |
Over and Over Again
01:57
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The seed makes the plant, and the
Plant bears the fruit, and the
Fruit drops the seed, and the
Seed makes the plant --
Over and over a-gain… Over and over again…
CHORUS:
It never begins, and it never ends,
Nothing is old, and nothing is new, and
Nothing is ever lost.
Over and over again…
The clouds drop the rain, and the
Air takes it back, and it
Forms into clouds, and the
clouds drop rain --
Over and over again … Over and Over Again…
CHORUS
The soil feeds the tree, and the
Tree drops its leaves, and the
Leaves make soil, and the
Soil feeds the tree --
Over and over again… Over and over again…
CHORUS
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3. |
Birds & Beavers
02:45
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4. |
Turkey Vulture
01:32
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5. |
Asian Vultures
02:40
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6. |
Place to Be
00:57
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Ev'rybody has a place to go,
Ev'rybody wants a place to be,
When birds fly they're swimming in the sky,
While fish are swimming in the sea.
Ev'rybody has a place to go,
Ev'rybody wants to be somewhere,
Lobsters live at the bottom of the sea,
While I'm at the bottom of the air.
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7. |
Too Much Help
08:55
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8. |
Not in MY Back Yard
02:23
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We're driving down the highway drinking pop and eating fries
Wiping greasy fingers on our elbows and our thighs
We open up the window as we pass you by--Surprise!
We don't want this trash--throw it away.
CHORUS:
Away! Throw it away! Sure don't want it here, so throw it a-
Way. Where you'll put it, I don't know. Only
Want to make it go far a-
Way from MY back yard, throw it away!
We have an all-electric house, it's quiet and it's clean
All the best appliances and all the best machines
We need another power plant? I understand that scene
But --don't you build it here! Keep it away.
CHORUS (keep)
We want the things we buy untouched by human hands, pristine
Sterilized and over-wrapped, safety-sealed and clean
So every week we put out fifteen bags of trash. I mean!
That new landfill had better be far away.
CHORUS (take)
We run the washer ev'ry day, the dishwasher as well.
Thirty minute showers, and the swimming pool is swell.
The water treatment plant must be too far away to smell,
So better put the new one far far away.
CHORUS (put)
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9. |
Melting Herb
03:39
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10. |
Good? Bad? Midas
01:54
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11. |
Good? Bad?
01:54
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12. |
E-e-erosion
02:03
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The buffalo grazed and the prairie grass grew
Building up topsoil, a meter or two, 'til the
Settlers attacked it with harrow and plow
Releasing the dust that blows over us now. It's--
CHORUS: E-e-erosion
Eating the fields and stealing the land
E-e-erosion
One of these days we'll have no place to stand.
Oak leaves and pine needles cushioned the rain. The
Forest absorbed it, released it again. Now the
Rain is so acid it's killing the trees. The
Mud rushes down and enriches the seas. That's--
CHORUS
The sand settled down in the seedlings' embrace.
Roots held it firmly and kept it in place, 'til
Cycles and dune buggies tore up the dune. Now the
Beach is as bare as the face of the moon. It was--
CHORUS
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13. |
Sandals
05:03
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14. |
Buy Fresh Buy Local
01:49
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I used to think imported food was champagne, caviar. But
Now I know some fruits and veggies travel just as far. My
Grapes have come from Chile! Chinese apple juice. New
Zealand lamb, Australian apples, Fiji water too.
They traveled farther than our family’s last vacation trip. Re-
Frigerated steaming on an international ship. They’re
Old before I get them. They’re cheap--but what’s the cost, in
Diesel fumes and CO2 and vitamins we lost.
CHORUS When your
Food lives where you do, it travels fewer miles. So
BUY FRESH, BUY LOCAL, get a Farmers Market smile.
Cows in concentration camps, chickens stacked like bricks
Pigs are packed in cheek by jowl--no wonder they get sick. But
Grass-fed beef and pastured hens live the way they should.
Buy from those who raise them, you get meat that’s really good.
CHORUS
Green peaches and tomatoes were picked as hard as rocks. They
Traveled far without a bruise--and taste like dirty socks. But
Local farmers wait to pick them ripe on tree and vine.
Packed with care, perfume the air, they’re tasting mighty fine.
CHORUS
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16. |
Closing Note
00:21
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Fran Stallings Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Fran Stallings is an American storyteller for listeners of all ages. She performs at storytelling festivals, in schools and libraries, and on radio, telling traditional folktales, science-based "eco-tales," and original creations. She has produced audio recordings and books of stories. She conducts workshops, residencies, and festival performances throughout the United States and overseas. ... more
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