SONG FOR A JUST TRANSITION

Lyrics by: adapted by Margaret Godbeer
Gaggle: Montreal Raging Grannies
Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Our air miles make carbon dioxide,
The oi-l makes tons of debris,
Our planet gets sicker and sicker,
Oh bring back my planet to me

CHORUS
It’s time, Past time
For a just transition to green energy
It’s time, Past time
For transition to green energy

They’re using fresh water for fracking
And to flush down our poo and our pee,
While mines use our lakes as their dump sites!
Oh bring back my planet to me.

CHORUS
C’est l’heure, pas trop tard
Pour la transition juste aux énergies vertes
C’est l’heure, pas trop tard
Pour la transition énergie verte

Corporations can’t patent the sunshine,
But their wealth has to grow constantly
So they plunder the planet for profits,
Oh bring back my planet to me.

CHORUS
It’s time, Past time
For a just transition to green energy
It’s time, Past time
For transition to green energy

We’ve got to do better than tar sands,
And pipelines that go to the sea.
We’re pow-ering up a great movement
To bring back my planet to me.

 

CHORUS
C’est l’heure, pas trop tard
Pour la transition juste aux énergies vertes
C’est l’heure, pas trop tard
Pour la transition énergie verte

It’s time that we rise up in anger
And reject the whole system of greed
We must find new jobs for our workers
And get them the training they need!

CHORUS
It’s time, Past time
For a Just Transition to green energy
It’s time, Past time
For transition to green energy

Together we’ll work towards creating
New jobs with more green energy
It’s time that we work for some changes
Save our planet for you and for me

CHORUS
C’est l’heure, pas trop tard
Pour la transition juste aux énergies vertes
C’est l’heure, pas trop tard
Pour la transition énergie verte