Temperature's Rising by Doc Twang

TEMPERATURE'S RISING
Music and Arr. M.J. Olson & A. Lehman,
March 1992
Lyrics- M.J. Olson
As a boy I saw a B-grade flick
'Bout a noble scientist trying hard to fix
A huge gaping hole in our atmosphere.
I haven't thought much about it since
But it's occured to me that I'm convinced
That those science-fiction days are really here.
We've been chopping down our ancient trees
We've brought the rainforest to its knees.
With uncounted poisons, we've fouled our air.
We froze our food and cooled our cars
And unwittingly inflicted invisible scars
By shooting off rockets and spraying our unruly hair.
ooh ooh, what can we do?
Some don't think it any big news
But our Mother Earth is hurt, can't you hear her crying?
Oh No there's a rip in the dome
That protects the place that we call home
And we run from our old friend Sol and the temperature's rising.
Temperature's rising, Temperature's rising.
Temperature's rising, Temperature's rising.
Temperature's Ooh Ooh Temperature's rising.
Temperature's Ooh Ooh Temperature's rising. Where's it going?Going Up
My, My! There's a hole in the sky
And the rays of the good sun relentlessly fry
Anything exposed to his shining, shining face.
~ ~ There's a hole in the sky
Takes no genius to figure out why
This spells trouble for more than just the Human Race
Hey, hey! Skeptics say it's no big deal, it'll just go away.
But personally I find it alarming.
~ ~ We all slay and sell off what we can today
While the earth's crust undergoes an unnatural warming and the
Temperature's rising, Temperature's rising.
Temperature's rising, Temperature's rising.
Temperature's Ooh Ooh Temperature's rising.
Temperature's Ooh Ooh Temperature's rising. Where's it going?Going Up
So could progress pause in its tracks
Just to try to get some balance back?
Drastic times call for drastic measures.
Or could we all just stop before our children
Inherit a burned-out empty shell
That's been stripped of all its natural treasures.
Or should we patiently wait for a sorcerer's trick
Or for Science to come up with a high-tech fix
Like some kind of new-wave, space- age shielding?
Well, that might buy us a little time
While we go on ignoring all the signs
That the rest of life on earth is steadily yielding and the
Temperature's rising, Temperature's rising.
Temperature's rising, Temperature's rising.
Temperature's Ooh Ooh Temperature's risi~
Temperature's Ooh Ooh Temperature's rising. Where's it going?Going Up
Is it hot enough? Oh Yeah? Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
If we want to we can stop them.