Wild Blue Planet

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

I'm afraid that it might be fading fast.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

Not sure how much longer it will last.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

Free riding on a wild blue planet.

Capo IV

D - C - / Em - G - :||

D - C - :||

You know that it's about to end,

but you close your eyes and pretend

that everything will work out fine,

that you have got a world of time;

and before you know it, she is gone.

It's too late. There's nothing to be done,

but sit and watch her walk away;

and hope for a brighter day.

C - / A - :|| (4x)

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

I'm afraid that we take too much for granted.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

It's easy to let your values get slanted...

It feels like we've been here before,

always on the verge of another war.

We still don't know what we're fighting for,

but we raise the stakes more and more.

It's an old familiar song:

this side's right, and that side's wrong.

On each side lives are sacrificed,

clinging to their precious lies.

We're riding on a wild blue planet,

fighting just like we always have before.

We're riding on a wild blue planet

like a life raft drifting further and further from shore...

They say if we burn all the fossil fuels

that we have got in reserves,

we'll be past the point of no turning back,

that life on earth might fade to black;

but still we just keep plodding on

acting like nothing's wrong.

I'm afraid that we'll just sit and wait,

that we won't be sorry until it's too late.

We're riding on a wild blue planet

where life might be more fragile than we think.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

Hubris just make take us over the brink...

We're rushed from here. We're rushed to there.

We're left with no time to spare,

just like a cog in some machine

working towards a goal we never see.

It's off to school then off to work,

too numb to ever feel the hurt.

We're hurried through our lives, and then

before we know it we're at the end.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

We're herded in circles just like a bunch of cows.

We're riding on a wild blue planet,

too dizzy to tell the stern from the bow...

They'll lock you in the loony bin if you dare

to not wear clean underwear,

or if you show up in the square

without combing your hair.

They'll look at you like you're a freak,

won't say it to your face, they'll whisper and sneak.

They'll pretend that they're not judging you,

but you can smell it like dog poo on a shoe.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

Don't fret too much over what other people think.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

Just feel what you feel and try to avoid the stink...

Take a moment if you dare

to stop a while, look around and stare.

There's a wild world of life

passing before your very eyes.

Although this life is all around

it gets covered up by all the sound.

I cannot put it into words,

but I hear it in the songs of birds.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

There's more to life than any tongue can tell.

We're riding on a wild blue planet,

to catch the breeze you've got to open up your sails...

Although this ride it might be free,

in a certain sense, to a degree,

if we're not careful, my friend,

we'll hasten this ride to an early end.

No free ride can last forever.

Let's find a way to come together

to help ensure that life on earth

continues to have a chance at rebirth.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

I'm afraid that it might be fading fast.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

It might be up to us how much longer this ride last.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

Free riding on a wild blue planet.

We're riding on a wild blue planet.

Just riding on a wild blue planet.