Crow and the Kookaburra (Lock The Gate) : Song

This song was written in support of the Lock The Gate Alliance and its campaign against coal-seam gas mining in Australia. Coal-seam gas exploration and mining damages agricultural land and contaminates water tables with toxic chemicals. Learn more and get involved by lobbying your politicians, donating, and discussing the issue in your community

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Lyrics:

Lyrics:

Old black crow, standing on the road
I look at him, and he said to me
I see the man making holes in the hill
And mother nature says it’s not her will
Go down this road and you will see
The land and the water in agony
So go now man, do what you can
You still have time to change your plan
Respect the earth, cherish the water
Steal them not from your sons and your daughters

What are we waiting for
We cannot wait no more
Let us lock the gate
Rectify our fate

Kookaburra sitting there laughing at me
Laughing at me cause we fail to see
That all men are brothers from the same mother
We can’t live without help from each other
So go now man, fly like a bird
Tell all the others to spread the word
You can’t eat coal, you can’t drink gas
Broken land can’t be fixed with cash
Can’t live with greed, take just what you need
For the things of mankind have made some blind

What are we waiting for
We cannot wait no more
Let us lock the gate
Rectify our fate

Coal seam gas, for cold hard cash
A quick buck made, but it just seems rash
Cause in due time we will find
That the land we’ve mined cannot provide
The food that we need, the water we drink
So think long time, yes stop to think
If we lock the gate now to coal seam gas
What we truly need can truly last
Save the lands from this alteration
And look out for the next generation

What are we waiting for
We cannot wait no more
Let us lock the gate
Rectify our fate
We gotta lock the gate
We gotta lock the gate

Swen Hendrickson