Future Generations

from Baggage and Stuff by Baggage and Stuff

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And so the baby boomers may live out their natural time 
We leave a poisoned atmosphere, but is that such a crime?
In looking after planet earth, I guess we’ve missed the bus 
But what have future generations ever done for us?
Despite the known effects we kept those gas emissions pumping 
Our grandchildren will find a high-tech antidote, or something 
Though people try to put us down, there’s nothing to discuss 
’Cause what have future generations ever done for us?
What have humankind’s descendants done for you and me? 
Things are hotting up but hell, it’s just a few degrees
Cars and electricity, we fossil-fired both 
Doing nothing that would compromise our economic growth 
When they see the state of nature, they may look back in disgust 
But what have future generations ever done for us?
We took a thriving wilderness and made a desert sand
For short term gain we squeezed the very life out of the land 
Turned a teeming paradise into a bowl of dust 
But what have future generations ever done for us?
What have all your great grandchildren done for me and you?
The sea level is rising but it’s just an inch or two

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from Baggage and Stuff, released August 31, 2021
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