Rhymin'Reason For Earth and Education - Songs to Grow By 1. Water Chords: (chorus)E Esus 4x to D A D (verse) F C Dsus + play G (chorus) water, Round and round it goes It H 2 and it O's (etc.) (verse) From outer space it was sent, and almost 80percent of our planet, you and me, scary spiders and spag hetti. Is water. It dries up when it's hot, but just in case you forgot It's only on vacation and it's called evaporation. water... It often changes its form, you'll find it in a storm Or a blizzard, or in hail, in Seattle without fail. water... Its fl owing deep underground, but turn your faucet around Take a shower, do the dishes, but save some for the fishes. water... If we waste it we'll run out, and let me tell you a drought When you're diving isn't cool cause there's nothing left in the pool. water... ©2002 Rhymin'Reason 2. Who's on the Menu Chords: C7 F G blues I'm a mouse. All I need is a little house, and a couple of seeds. I gotta move fast or I ain't gonna last. Last night, me and the other cheetos bandidos found a patch of milkweed, right in the middle of a cot to n mouth convention! It's tough to be a seed freak, but I got one thing to tell them vipers, Where would you be if you didn't have me? It's fun to be a snake. I lie in the sun, just bake. And I'm in the mood for a little fuzzy dude. Just think what this place would be like without yours truly All the silly little rodents, consuming and consuming. Someone's got to give them the squeeze. Where would you be if you didn't have me? Here come the weasel, I do what I pleasel. Snake, for goodness sake, bring the sauce when you bake. You better slither cause I'm coming thither. All right, I'll admit it, I'm ADD: always dying for dinner. Rattlesnake roast, cobra casserole, moccasin mcnuggets. Don't bother to thank me, I'm eating. Where would you be if you didn't have me? Who me? I'm an owl, high in a tree. I'm the king of the wood cause you all taste so good. I'll see you, but I wouldn't want to be you. All these creepy crawlies, well of course they're beneath me. But I don't discriminate, I'm an equal op portunity raptor. Who who who! Ooh, is it time for a midnight brunch. Where would you be if you didn't have me? Hey man, clearing land. Just understand. We're not doing well, we're going to tell you, there'd be a fuss if you didn't have us! You see, snakes, and weasels, and owls keep the pests away. Hey, mice aren't the only pests! And if you break our food chain, you won't have a right to complain. There'd be a fuss if you didn't have us. There'd be a fuss if you didn't have us.. ©2002 Rhymin'Reason 3. (Dragonfly) Chords: Gmaj Well I'm old, old as the mold, 250 million years, (and I still look the same). Odonata, born in the wata' I ate my catch and when I hatched I took to the sky. Who am I? I'm a DDDDDDDD?. I'm shiny blue or iridescent green Or a pink brown orange yellow red purple polka dotted hunting machine. I got four wings, and thirty thousand eyes I see all around me, even backwards, what a surprise. What's my disguise? It's DDDDDDDD. Lose the doritos, I like mosquitoes. In one day I'll eat half of my weight, ain't that great? Near ponds and lakes, for goodness sakes I scoop them outa the air with my legs, and eat as I fly. Who am I? I'm a DDDDDDDD. Moma's little baby loves skeeters, skeeters, Momma's little baby loves skeeters, yah. Don't hide your wagon, I ain't really a dragon. I'm a prehistoric, meteoric superfly. I'm pretty nifty, I can do fifty So now you know what the beautiful blur is that's buzzing you by. It's a DDDDDDDD (dragonfly!) ©2002 Rhymin'Reason 4. Tortle and Turtoise Chords: C D (Tortoise) Give me the sand and give me the heat Give me a pucker bush with berries to eat I ain't in a hurry cuz' where ever I roam I just need to stop and I'm already home. Chords: D A (Turtle) We have shells and we breathe air But our similarities end right there Swimming beats crawling take it from me You keep the desert and I'll keep the sea. (tortoise) Now don’t get me wrong cause I love being me But it sounds a lot safer there under the sea I'm caught and sold and I live behind wires Or there's the monsters with the monster tires. Yep, that's the only thing I do fast--become a trail cake. (turtle) You got it tough but I gotta say I work out 24 hours a day Just one net and my head's in a loop You make a pet but I make a soup They say I taste like chicken. -What's chicken? Beats me. (tortoise) Well, some think I'm you or they think that you're me but we ain't the same and I'll think you'll agree. A quick trick to help so you won't have to guess A tortoise has a desert, remember the S. (turtle) Look for the U, and you'll find me Turtles are under the surface, or under the sea. That's our song, from above and below, So now my cousin, we've got to go. ©2002 Rhymin'Reason 5. Coyote Chords: A G A G From the old Saguaro, to your backyard Eatin' mice and drinkin' from puddles has got to be hard Farmers hunt you, it's a part of the deal They chase you with bullets and poison and dogs just for grabbin' a meal. (chorus) Coyote, what'll your trick be? Coyote, are you smarter than me? Coyote… Used to be that you hunted by stars Now the big change for your home on the range is watching the cars. We keep coming looking for something new. We build this and that onto your habitat what will you do? (chorus) We watch our tv's, you sing to the moon. But after our turn will you help us to learn a different tune? The magician from a wilder age Always pulling another trick out of your sleeve, the sage of the sage. (chorus, whistling, coyote yips) ©2002 Rhymin'Reason 6.Veggies n' Fruits Chords: B C#m D#m C#m/F Monkey climbing up in a tree, scratches his head, says I'm hungry Monkey knows what he's a fan a' goes right up an peels a banana Chorus: Veggies n' fruits, veggies n' fruits Eat the top or you eat the roots Veggies n' fruits, veggies n' fruits We all need our veggies n' fruits Hippo swimmin? in a river Pizza man won?t deliver But he knows he doesn?t need that Pizza?s just gonna make him more fat (chorus) Rabbit looking for some lunch Nibbles a carrot, eats the whole bunch Veggies make her speedy n' strong And without them she wouldn't last long (chorus) Look up there, hey what's that? Goodness gracious, it's a bat He says, "I'm not a vampire, don't be dumb I only want to bite into a plum." (chorus) Big green thing from outer space See's the earth and says, "This is the place" But eating people's not for greeny He just wants some fresh zucchini. (chorus) Boys and girls, word on the street What you are is what you eat So stop with the fast food, give it the boot You'll be the best with veggies n' fruit. Fruits n' veggies, fruits n? veggies Fruits n' veggies, cut in little weggies Fruits n' veggies, fruits n' veggies We all need our veggies n' fruits. ©2002 Rhymin'Reason 7. Treehouse (verse) B/Bsus F# Everyone lives in a treehouse. There's fruits and there's nuts and there's boards and there's huts. There's plywood and driftwood and pinecones that smell good. There's rosin and resin and boats that we float in, There's vitamins and medicines and oxygen we breathe in (chorus) A B - Esus There's nothing I need to know I water my house and I watch it grow No nothing is better for me If I love life, then I love a tree! E3 A seed is all you need To make a treehouse. (ve rse 2) There's paper and pencils and toothpicks and windowsills, There's cardboard and corkboard and posterboard and skateboards, Rubber and rayon and benches we sit on. There's maple syrup, marzipan, vines and Tarzan. (chorus) (break) Trees grow, I grow... It's fun to climb one, play round above ground, hang swings, hide things, It's clear we're here in our (verse 3) Treehouse... There's flutes and there's guitars and lutes and sitars. Shade and a cool breeze, everyone needs these. There's brown paper and packages, and yep there's string Yeah a treehouse is my very favorite thing. (chorus) ©2002 Rhymin'Reason 8. Slow Down Chords: A E It's a new day Slow down Don't worry Slow down We'll get things done Slow down The time is ours Slow down Chords: D A Sunlight through green leaves Just out the window Clouds making shadows Out on the sidewalk Chords: A E Let's find a place Slow down Take off our shoes Slow down We'll look and we'll listen Slow down Everyone awaken ©2002 Rhymin'Reason 9. Storm Drain Boogie Am Em Gutter Gutter ... Dripping bus drove by us didn't stop, but left some slop for the Storm Drain. Cigarette butts drive me nuts, out the window, down they go to the Storm Drain Plastic bag, what a drag, blowing round on the g round to the Storm Drain Styrofoam, watch it roam, where it pleases in the breezes to the Storm Drain. Am D One quick motion and it's in the ocean The one solution to pollution is you. (Bm) Am Em gutter, gutter... There's a present on the lawn from your dog, now it's gone to the Storm Drain Neighbor changing motor oil then he washed it off his soil to the Storm Drain Wash your truck, clean the muck, spray the hose, there it goes to the Storm Drain. Eat in haste, put the waste, in a bin or it's in to the Storm Drain Am D Convoluted, they're polluted Down below me flowing darkly to the sea. Am Em Gutter, gutter... When you litter where's the trash? There's a secret giant stash in the Storm Drain. Doesn't matter where it's been, cause it's g onna flow right in to a Storm drain. Rotten piles, plastic junk, broken bottles, filthy gunk in the Storm Drain. When it rains, off it slides, in the ocean it resides from the Storm drain. Am D Fish can't swim in all this poison Seabirds try it, the n they qui-et-ly die. Em C D Bm Down, down, down, down Am D You can stop it, don't just drop it Pick up your share, and then more If you care. Am Em Gutter, gutter... STORM DRAIN! ©2002 Rhymin'Reason ___________________________________ 11. Bargain Daze Bm sus Bored, and lonely, C#m sus till I heard the call. Em sus Sale, one day only, F#m sus I'm going to the mall. Shop, shop, shoppety-shop shop.. F# Stop stop! Next time that you're feeling blue and you don't know what to do Call a friend, write a letter, read a bo ok, those are better. New shoes, for cool guys, silk shirts, wow. Triple giant french fries gotta get some now! Shop, shop, shoppety-shop shop... Stop stop! All those shirts have toxic dies, chicken fat is in your fries. Hey big spender, here's more new s, hungry families made those shoes. Imported soap to smell good, shampoo and cologne. New chairs, the best wood, anyone could own. Shop, shop, shoppety-shop shop... Stop stop! All your stuff that smells so nice they test on rabbits, cats and mice Someth ing else that ain?t so good, they chop rainforest for your wood. They told me on TV, satisfaction guaranteed Hey, believe me, everybody needs a Thneed! Shop, shop, shoppety-shop shop... Stop, stop! Shopping's fun but when you go, there's a few things you should know. Where'd it come from, what's it made of, does it cause what we're afraid of. Don't buy it cause it's on TV, buy it cause it's cruelty free. Buy organic or buy less, save your money, help this mess. ©2002 Rhymin'Reason 10. Sound of a Mosquito Chords: F#m C#m Bm I went down to the beach one day but a sign was stuck in the sand Don't swim here you might get sick, you'll have to stay on the land. Well you know that really ain't the truth cause we don't get sick from the sea I knew as I sat looking, the sea got sick from you and me. Who was there to listen who would make it stop Couldn't tell my momma, couldn't call a cop. (chorus) But if you think that things are Too big to defeat Oh Just try to go to sleep To the so und of a mosquito. I dialed up a Big Man but he didn't answer the phone A voice said thank you for calling, but we had to leave him alone. So I wrote the man a letter he chose to ignore Just like the second third and fourth, but when I sent him just one more:.. Thank you for your recent concern regarding our county beaches your letter has been filed for future consideration. Sincerely, Paul E. Tician (chorus) Well the future came and went by but I still couldn't hit the water And every time I saw that sign, I just got hotter and hotter. So I put back my swimsuit and put away my pail If he wanted to play dirty, I'd go back to the mail. Letter six, another try, seven then a nice reply Eight did more to catch his eye, he wasn't kissing me goodbye. (chorus) Then one day the phone rang and I heard it was him He said now what do you want, I said just to go for a swim. He told me I was trouble but I didn't buy it Bad things happen when good people just sit and stay quiet. The planet could be clean again so we can all enjoy it Grab a pen and bug big men or watch while they destroy it. (chorus) So the next time that you think things are too big to defeat, Oh Just try to go to sleep To the sound of a mosquito. ©2002 Rhymin'Reason ______________________________________ 12. Eco-Logic A E You can't eat lunch on a water table A E F#m G And there ain't no tools in a watershed A E D B Mom won't use tide in a tide pool And bedrock's no place to rest your head. (1st chorus) But if we didn't have D A Water in the shed and rock in the bed, And tide pools by the sea, Then there wouldn't be you, (E) And there wouldn't be me. (A E) You can't fix a flat on a water cycle And things'd be rough without the sand You can't break a bad habitat And you can't change the diapers of a wet land. (2nd chorus) But if we didn't have The water cycle, wetlands, habitat and sand, (+ 1st chorus) An herbivore won't be there for A carnivore who's feet are sore An omnivore don't care what's in store Cause he can eat what they ignore (3rd chorus) But if we didn't have herbivores, carnivores and omnivores who eat much more, (+ 2nd then 1st chorus) You can like lichen, yeah you can take a lichen liking But you can't liken lichen liking to anything You can't put spin on the topsoil And don't ever make mulch ado about nothing (4th chorus) But if we didn't have lichen, mulch and topsoil too, (+ 3rd, then 2nd, then 1st chorus) ©2002 Rhymin'Reason