She's in danger, too
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Human danger
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Lone canary nesting near a runway whispers
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Earthly strangers
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Mighty jet planes fly you casually glancing
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O'er seas and mountains
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Too high to see this dying bird singing her swan song
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No one hears it through the din as engines burn
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Stars across the sky
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Watch the caveman fly
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Taking in the sights
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Breathing out things die
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Mother nature
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Dying to reach you hasn't heard from you in
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Ages since when her young children
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Listened to her songs with awe and reverence
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Now adolescents growing fast and eating her heart
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No more thank you's no good mornings
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Earthly dangers
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What was once your modest home now
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Swarms with cars and poison
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Brown skies noise and playing with toys that kill you family
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Blowing up the mountains foul oil fountains
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Watch the caveman burn through the sky
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The last canary screams her final song and dies while
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Towards her nest crawl more sprawling towns
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What burns up must come down
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Human nature
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Scrambling late to curb hard consequences
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Young mankind so much potential
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Time to heed Earth's guidance
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Though our science brought us to novel heights
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We must come back to mother
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First she'll ground us the she'll whisper
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You were my most endangered species
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She's in danger, too
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Endangered Species
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| Esperanza Spalding |
