When they shut down all the coal mines, it’ll make the air much cleaner
When the cars become electric, it may buy us one degree
When they banish stripping forests throughout the Amazon basin
When they banish throwing plastics into the fragile seas
When they help out all the miners to transition their careers
When they help out oil workers, lumberjacks and engineers
When they help out tiny nations sinking in the sea
For everyone a home, a job, a chance to be free
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And maybe if we do it all faster than I fear
Maybe if this global shift is quickly drawing near
Maybe if this planet can still be healed
A pathway may yet be revealed
When we finally see our future right before our eyes
When we finally understand the time has come to mobilize
When all the talking ceases and action takes the stage
Maybe we’ll begin to turn the page