Driving Driving Driving Chords by Kimya Dawson

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EmI'm not a conspiracy theorist, but GI read blogs by scientists

And DI believe they know, more than Cwe are being told

By the mainstream media sources who want the truth to hold it's horses

so there isn't mass hysteria as the sea floor erodes

And those in and on the ocean all say hey what's this commotion

and they try to get away but they are moving in slow motion

because their bodies are so heavy from a substance thick and deadly

they say I don't want to die It's all your fault I wasn't ready

I'm so sorry and I'm scared and sad and mad and unprepared

to see the stuff that's in the sea evaporate into the air

where it will gather and form clouds that travel north upon the wind

and drop their cool refreshing poison raindrops on our crops and children

on our crops and children.

So this may be the end I've always thought the end of man

would be exactly what we need for the earth to stand a chance

And I always thought I would be fine If this happened if my lifetime

But now that I'm a mother it seems much more terrifying

And I've always identified with a turtle's soft insides

Because there are times when I really need to hide

But even the strongest, hardest, thickest shell is not designed

to survive, to survive, to survive

Something of this magnitude

Because water is fluid and oil is crude

And it billows way down deep and it sticks to grains of sand

And it floats upon the surface where the birds all try to land

And the marshes are all ruined and ecosystems destroyed

And the people all along the Gulf Coast are now unemployed

While the men who cut the corners still scream DRILL, DRILL, DRILL

from their yachts so far away and their mansions on the hill

And they turn away the cameras and scream KILL, KILL, KILL

As they light endangered sea turtles on fire

They light turtles on fire (I'm on fire)

Because the seas are all connected, And we are all connected

And you are in denial if you think you won't be affected

You can't hide behind your flag because water knows no border

It will creep in every crack and seep in every pore

They lie about the numbers the solutions are illusions

But no cover up can hide this huge of a contusion

On the face of our mother, that's right, mother earth

Is the cost of every living thing what your product is worth?

Well, we are all afflicted with an underground addiction

will our desire for convenience be the cause of our extinction?

And the industry's the master and we are all the slaves

And we're DRIVING, DRIVING, DRIVING to our GRAVES, GRAVES, GRAVES

We must teach our kids to love themselves and let them live their lives

What will they be if they grow up? Whatever they like.

It's crucial to raise children who don't do what they're told

Who will fight for what's right and who can't be bought or sold

I want nothing of this business I am staying underground

And I'm gonna ride the railroad and let my guard down

We can forage, and ride bikes, and jump in lakes, and go on hikes

We can sing and sing for hours and click LIKE, LIKE, LIKE

When somebody posts something good we share and spread the truth

It's time to define what success means to you

I hope my kid will never be another cog in their machine

Trapped inside a box trying to remember her dreams

They will sell us all out for their GREED, GREED, GREED

As we cry for the earth as she BLEEDS, BLEEDS, BLEEDS

So hold on to your loved ones, yeah, hold on for dear life

Try to walk like thunder leaving footprints that are light

Hold on to your loved ones, hold on for dear life