Save the Mary River
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What good is a dam, if there's no rain?
What good is a track, if there's no train?
What good's a balloon, if there's no hot air?
What good are our leaders, if they just don't care?
What good is a brain, if it's not in gear?
What good are ears, if they don't want to hear?
What good is a head that you don't use to think?
What good's a mouth if you just change feet?
What good is your heart, if it's not affected?
What good is emotions, if they're misdirected?
What good are your eyes, if they can't see?
No real good can come from this travesty.
What good's information that you don't care to heed?
What good are reports, which a you aren't going to read?
What good are experts, paid by those
Good people in government, who stand on their toes?
What good's all this money, if it all goes to waste?
On no-good projects, burdened by haste.
What good's a democracy, if we have no say?
But good people are speaking, and we won't go away!
What good's classing animals as endangered or rare?
What good's environmental policy, if they aren't there?
What good's advances, if we keep looking back
To the good old days, down this one way track?
What good are roads, that all end in water?
What good are my cattle, if they all go to slaughter?
What good will I do with all these free hours?
What's good for your life is destroying ours.
So good people in cities, please heed my plea
Read all about dams; see what the world sees
Dams are disastrous; there are few good long-term gains
And for a wall to make a dam, it still has to rain.
What good is a track, if there's no train?
What good's a balloon, if there's no hot air?
What good are our leaders, if they just don't care?
What good is a brain, if it's not in gear?
What good are ears, if they don't want to hear?
What good is a head that you don't use to think?
What good's a mouth if you just change feet?
What good is your heart, if it's not affected?
What good is emotions, if they're misdirected?
What good are your eyes, if they can't see?
No real good can come from this travesty.
What good's information that you don't care to heed?
What good are reports, which a you aren't going to read?
What good are experts, paid by those
Good people in government, who stand on their toes?
What good's all this money, if it all goes to waste?
On no-good projects, burdened by haste.
What good's a democracy, if we have no say?
But good people are speaking, and we won't go away!
What good's classing animals as endangered or rare?
What good's environmental policy, if they aren't there?
What good's advances, if we keep looking back
To the good old days, down this one way track?
What good are roads, that all end in water?
What good are my cattle, if they all go to slaughter?
What good will I do with all these free hours?
What's good for your life is destroying ours.
So good people in cities, please heed my plea
Read all about dams; see what the world sees
Dams are disastrous; there are few good long-term gains
And for a wall to make a dam, it still has to rain.
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