From the recording The Acoustic EP
A guitar and violin driven folk-song on the theme of ecology, inspired by reading Kate Raworth's book "Doughnut Economics"
Lyrics
Illiberal Neoliberal
Wealth of Nations
Versus
Future generations
Infinite growth just ain’t possible
Unsustainable
In the name of profit and greed
Jungles and forests recede
Whoah!
Where will live when there are no more trees?
And the world is all burned to a crisp?
You can’t eat stocks or shares or money
You can’t breathe in the toxic air
Hanging over Wall Street
On the stock exchange, list climate change
As a profitable investment
Friedman and Hayek
V
The planet surviving
Free markets unchecked
‘Til the whole world’s wrecked
Is a form of fundamentalism
We eke out an existence of sorts
Amongst the waste and sewage and rubbish
Oh now!
Once there swam shoals of silver fish
Plastic islands bob in dead oceans
You can’t eat stocks or shares or money
You can’t breathe in the toxic air hanging over to Wall Street
On the stock exchange, list weather change
As a profitable investment
distressed asset
A man made cause, not a natural law
Insidious, nameless, mover and shaker
Time to move on
beyond the charade
To something more sustainable
“Doughnut Economics”
You can’t eat stocks or shares or money
You can’t breathe in the toxic air hanging over Wall Street
On the stock exchange, list sell weather change
As a distressed asset
You can’t eat stocks or shares or money
You can’t breathe in the toxic air hanging over to Wall Street
On the stock exchange, list weather change
As a distressed asset
Invisible
Inexplicable
Unforgivable
Criminal
Traditional
Biblical
Unequivocal
Literal
Formidable
Geophysical
Unbridgeable
Despicable
Cynical
Political
Unbelievable
Illiberal