Song | Pass It On Down |
Artist | Alabama |
Album | Platinum & Gold Collection |
Written:T.Gentry/R.Owen/Will Robinson/Ronnie Rogers | |
We live in the land of plenty | |
But many things aren't plenty anymore | |
Like the water from our sink | |
They say's not safe to drink | |
You gotta go and buy it at the store | |
Now we're told there's a hole in the ozone | |
Look what's washing on the beach | |
And Lord, I believe, from the heavens to the seas | |
We're bringing Mother Nature to her knees | |
Chorus: | |
So let's leave some blue up above us | |
Let's leave some green on the ground | |
It's only ours to borrow, let's save some for tomorrow | |
Leave it and pass it on down | |
Well there's a change taking place way on the mountains | |
Acid rain is falling on the leaves | |
And down in Brazil, the fires are burning still | |
How we gonna breathe without them trees | |
Repeat chorus | |
There's a place where I live called the Canyon | |
Where Daddy taught me to swim | |
And that water, it's so pure | |
And I'm gonna make sure | |
Daddy's grandkids can swim there like him | |
Now we all oughta feel just a little bit guilty | |
When we look into the eyes of our kids | |
'Cause brothers it's a fact, if we take and don't put back | |
They'll have to pay for all we did | |
Repeat chorus (4 times) | |
Tag: | |
Leave it and pass it on down |
Written: T. Gentry R. Owen Will Robinson Ronnie Rogers | |
We live in the land of plenty | |
But many things aren' t plenty anymore | |
Like the water from our sink | |
They say' s not safe to drink | |
You gotta go and buy it at the store | |
Now we' re told there' s a hole in the ozone | |
Look what' s washing on the beach | |
And Lord, I believe, from the heavens to the seas | |
We' re bringing Mother Nature to her knees | |
Chorus: | |
So let' s leave some blue up above us | |
Let' s leave some green on the ground | |
It' s only ours to borrow, let' s save some for tomorrow | |
Leave it and pass it on down | |
Well there' s a change taking place way on the mountains | |
Acid rain is falling on the leaves | |
And down in Brazil, the fires are burning still | |
How we gonna breathe without them trees | |
Repeat chorus | |
There' s a place where I live called the Canyon | |
Where Daddy taught me to swim | |
And that water, it' s so pure | |
And I' m gonna make sure | |
Daddy' s grandkids can swim there like him | |
Now we all oughta feel just a little bit guilty | |
When we look into the eyes of our kids | |
' Cause brothers it' s a fact, if we take and don' t put back | |
They' ll have to pay for all we did | |
Repeat chorus 4 times | |
Tag: | |
Leave it and pass it on down |