We’re living in amazing times,
Before some big collapse;
Best collect a few supplies
As well as some good maps.
If you’re the type that must have guns,
Well, gather one or two,
But realize that weaponry
Most likely won’t save you.
For a house that stands divided
Has no chance of survival—
The only thing to pull us through
Is a general revival
Of our sense of the common good
And our place in the scheme;
We’re tribal, we’re not loners,
Function best when we’re a team.
If we reinstate that attitude
Before some huge train wreck,
It’s possible that we could save
Our collective neck.
Let’s put aside the rhetoric,
The posturing and bluster,
And give ourselves half a chance
Finally to muster
The good side of our nature—
Unselfish, kind and giving—
Maybe then our mother earth
Will let us go on living.
Respect is what it’s all about—
Not the sort that’s formed by fear;
But that which springs alone from love,
That which we hold most dear.
Listen to the planet speak
In your heart, that quiet voice,
For it’s now crucial that we make
A life-affirming choice.
For we’re living in amazing times
Before some big events;
We don’t need gear and guns and maps—
We just need some common sense.
- Dick Warwick