Terry Murphy: Music

Golden arches (Terry Murphy)

~ One day my sunset was invaded by corporate development…not a happy moment.~

Who put the golden arches
in the middle of my sunset
Same one who cut down the trees
by the farmer’s house I bet
what happened to the woods
I used to see out my back door
Just in case they’re askin’
I liked it a whole lot better before

Some might call it progress
To put up a shopping mall
There used to be a playground
For kids to play football
On the edge of a farmer’s field
Was a row of cool shade trees
But a chainsaw tornado
Brought them to their knees
So many times we take it all for granted
So many times we think we own the planet
I don’t like it…I don’t need it
I don’t get it….I don’t want it

I used to see a silo
just off the road a bit
Now thre’s a line of condos
For golfin’ folks to get
The cornfields have been changing
To bright light city streets
And the barn is now a restaurant
For people to go and eat

The gravel pit is growin’
And the dust is ridin’ high
As trucks roll down the highways
And developers drive by
When the earth we know stops givin
And the pockets all get full
There’s gonna be a happy meal waitin’
For the politicians with the pull
So many times we take it all for granted
So many times we think we own the planet
I don’t like it…I don’t need it
I don’t get it….I don’t want it

Let this be a message
To the younger generation
To get up off your backsides
And quit starin’ at playstation
It’s really hard to measure
Just how much you share
You got a wal-mart goin’ up in your backyard
And you don’t even care
Someday you will have children
Who need a place to play
Someday you will want wildlife
Who need a place to stay
Someday you will want rivers
To put in your canoe
Someday you will appreciate
This is something you should do

So many times we take it all for granted
So many times we think we own the planet
I don’t like it…I don’t need it ..I don’t get it…I don’t want it