Save The Planet

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 1:12pm

I wrote an environmental pop song called Save The Planet. I want to get it into a movie or Broadway play. http://www.jimcolyer.com/music/

SAVE THE PLANET

We're floating on a grain of sand in the vastness of space
If future generations are going to inherit this place
We've got to Save The Planet
Do something while there's still time
Save The Planet
This earth is yours and mine

The tropical rain forest is disappearing more everyday
We'll never replace it.. We'd better not burn it away
Save The Planet
The wonders of nature are free
Save The Planet
Have you ever planted a tree?

If the skies are blue
And the oceans too
Isn't this a better home for me and you?
If the air is clean
And the land is green
Wouldn't you like to be part of this lovely scene?

I'm thinking of the animals that once roamed the African plain
Their numbers have dwindled, and pretty soon none will remain
Save The Planet
Do something while there's still time
Save The Planet
This earth is yours and mine

Save The Planet
The wonders of nature are free
Save The Planet
Have you ever planted a tree?

Save The Planet
Save The Planet
Save The Planet
Save The Planet

c2005 Jim Colyer ASCAP [e-mail]
Jim Colyer

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 1:18pm

Give it up, Colyer. This isn't the place.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 1:22pm

I think my lovely wife Rath would do the song justice..give it a try sweetie...this can be your big break.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 1:24pm

Mmm, Boobsy, let me think about it....







NO.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 1:27pm

whenever people talk about saving the planet i always hearken back to my sage, george carlin, and this little piece...

George Carlin on The Environment

Taken from "George Carlin: Jammin' In New York"

We're so self-important. So self-important. Everybody's going to save
something now. "Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those
snails." And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. What? Are
these f*cking people kidding me? Save the planet, we don't even know how to
take care of ourselves yet. We haven't learned how to care for one another,
we're gonna save the f*cking planet? I'm getting tired of that sh*t. Tired
of that sh*t. I'm tired of f*cking Earth Day, I'm tired of these
self-righteous environmentalists, these white, bourgeois liberals who think
the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bicycle
paths. People trying to make the world save for their Volvos. Besides,
environmentalists don't give a sh*t about the planet. They don't care about
the planet. Not in the abstract they don't. Not in the abstract they don't.
You know what they're interested in? A clean place to live. Their own
habitat. They're worried that some day in the future, they might be
personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn't
impress me.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with the planet. Nothing wrong with the
planet. The planet is fine. The PEOPLE are f*cked. Difference. Difference.
The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been
here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the
arithmetic? The planet has been here four and a half billion years. We've
been here, what, a hundred thousand? Maybe two hundred thousand? And we've
only been engaged in heavy industry for a little over two hundred years.
Two hundred years versus four and a half billion. And we have the CONCEIT
to think that somehow we're a threat? That somehow we're gonna put in
jeopardy this beautiful little blue-green ball that's just a-floatin'
around the sun?

The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of
things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics,
continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic
reversal of the poles...hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by
comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide
fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages...And we think some plastic
bags, and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference? The
planet...the planet...the planet isn't going anywhere. WE ARE!

We're going away. Pack your sh*t, folks. We're going away. And we won't
leave much of a trace, either. Thank God for that. Maybe a little
styrofoam. Maybe. A little styrofoam. The planet'll be here and we'll be
long gone. Just another failed mutation. Just another closed-end biological
mistake. An evolutionary cul-de-sac. The planet'll shake us off like a bad
case of fleas. A surface nuisance.

You wanna know how the planet's doing? Ask those people at Pompeii, who are
frozen into position from volcanic ash, how the planet's doing. You wanna
know if the planet's all right, ask those people in Mexico City or Armenia
or a hundred other places buried under thousands of tons of earthquake
rubble, if they feel like a threat to the planet this week. Or how about
those people in Kilowaia, Hawaii, who built their homes right next to an
active volcano, and then wonder why they have lava in the living room.

The planet will be here for a long, long, LONG time after we're gone, and
it will heal itself, it will cleanse itself, 'cause that's what it does.
It's a self-correcting system. The air and the water will recover, the
earth will be renewed, and if it's true that plastic is not degradable,
well, the planet will simply incorporate plastic into a new pardigm: the
earth plus plastic. The earth doesn't share our prejudice towards plastic.
Plastic came out of the earth. The earth probably sees plastic as just
another one of its children. Could be the only reason the earth allowed us
to be spawned from it in the first place. It wanted plastic for itself.
Didn't know how to make it. Needed us. Could be the answer to our age-old
egocentric philosophical question, "Why are we here?" Plastic...a**hole.

So, the plastic is here, our job is done, we can be phased out now. And I
think that's begun. Don't you think that's already started? I think, to be
fair, the planet sees us as a mild threat. Something to be dealt with. And
the planet can defend itself in an organized, collective way, the way a
beehive or an ant colony can. A collective defense mechanism. The planet
will think of something. What would you do if you were the planet? How
would you defend yourself against this troublesome, pesky species? Let's
see... Viruses. Viruses might be good. They seem vulnerable to viruses.
And, uh...viruses are tricky, always mutating and forming new strains
whenever a vaccine is developed. Perhaps, this first virus could be one
that compromises the immune system of these creatures. Perhaps a human
immunodeficiency virus, making them vulnerable to all sorts of other
diseases and infections that might come along. And maybe it could be spread
sexually, making them a little reluctant to engage in the act of
reproduction.

Well, that's a poetic note. And it's a start. And I can dream, can't I? See
I don't worry about the little things: bees, trees, whales, snails. I think
we're part of a greater wisdom than we will ever understand. A higher
order. Call it what you want. Know what I call it? The Big Electron. The
Big Electron...whoooa. Whoooa. Whoooa. It doesn't punish, it doesn't
reward, it doesn't judge at all. It just is. And so are we. For a little
while.

Updated On: 1/13/05 at 01:27 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 1:30pm

Now THAT I'd be happy to sing, papa and Boobs.

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 1:32pm

Huh?

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 1:32pm

It's probably as long as the original "Hey Jude".

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 5:37pm

Having studied astronomy, I became aware at how small and fragile our planet is. If you went to the edge of the solar system and stood on Pluto, you would not be able to see Earth.
You can go so far into space that our Milky Way galaxy would not be visible. In ways, this renders our very existence inconsequential. It is the plight of modern men and women to continually struggle to find meaning and purpose.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 5:41pm

you'd also freeze yer a** off!

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 6:24pm

Captain Planet, he's a hero.
Gonna Take polution down to zero.

Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Heart.......GO PLANET!!!!

[zepka102]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 6:41pm

jim colyer never ceases to inspire me

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 1/13/05 at 9:02pm

You inspire me too.

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 1/15/05 at 12:54pm

I wrote Save The Planet for Frida of Sweden's ABBA when she got into environmental issues in the 1990s. I travelled to Stockholm to try to find Frida. Frida was living in Switzerland, but I did meet with ABBA's manager. ABBA's music has since been revived in the Mamma Mia! musical. I believe Save The Planet is as relevant as when I wrote it, and I am getting positive feedback from around the web. If it keeps coming, I will get off my butt and take the song to a studio. I am in Nashville. I need a singer who believes in the message and will stay with it.
Jim Colyer

[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 1/15/05 at 2:11pm

Spider- I think I love you for knowing the Captain Planet theme song. And for everything else that we have in common.

[Liam]

Posted: 1/15/05 at 2:18pm

the planits fine....it can take cair of itself

[Liam]

Posted: 1/15/05 at 2:19pm

YES!

i know how to change the heading!

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 3:32pm

I wish someone would invent a video game called Save The Planet.
Jim Colyer

[Ellie3]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 5:37pm

Did you meet Frida's manager in a courtroom? Was he pointing at you, saying 'HIM, your honor...'? Updated On: 1/17/05 at 05:37 PM

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 6:50pm

I met Frida's manager at Mono Music, which is the company established by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus after ABBA. I am talking about Gorel Hanser, who took over ABBA's affairs after their original manager, Stig Anderson, died. Stockholm is made up of 14 islands, and Mono Music is on the island of Skeppsholmen. I walked there. It was pouring down rain. I was fighting my umbrella and trying to get through the door. Gorel Hanser was coming through from the other side. We met head to head. I told her a wrote a book about ABBA and wanted to talk. She said she was in a hurry (She was on her way to work on the ABBA box set). I said, "Give me 5 minutes." We went back inside and talked. Gorel was angelic, very spiritual. I imagined that Agnetha must be the same way. I had a terrible crush on Agnetha after writing my ABBA book. I could have found her in Stockholm but chose to leave her alone. I sang my song for Gorel, Save The Planet. She liked it but was not in a position to get it to Frida. I was satisfied. http://www.jimcolyer.com/music/
Jim Colyer

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 7:07pm

Ellie, have I told you lately that I love you? Have I told you there's no one else above you?

[Ellie3]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 7:39pm

I don't believe you have. :)

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 2:15am

Someone turned me on to a site called SoundClick http://www.soundclick.com
A singer or songwriter can upload his or her MP3 files and be heard. I think this is a cool. I am trying to reach out with my songs.
Jim Colyer

[zepka102]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 5:14pm

keep trying jim colyer, keep trying

[Ellie3]

Posted: 1/18/05 at 8:28pm

And no, Jim, I have never planted a tree.