153 Days Until Copenhagen - Time for a Compassion Tune-Up with Michael Jackson's Earth Song

If this (the top Michael Jackson song in the United Kingdom, I've heard, but never released in the USA?) doesn't at least tug hard at your heartstrings (and then fire you up with possibility), please have your heart checked. This is one powerful video. (Lyrics below, but listen carefully and you'll hear some different ones. Hmmmm?)

EARTH SONG
by Michael Jackson

What about sunrise

What about rain

What about all the things

That you said we were to gain...

What about killing fields

Is there a time

What about all the things

That you said was yours and mine...

Did you ever stop to notice

All the blood we've shed before

Did you ever stop to notice

This crying Earth, this weeping shore?

Aaaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaaah

What have we done to the world

Look what we've done

What about all the peace

That you pledge your only son...

What about flowering fields

Is there a time

What about all the dreams

That you said was yours and mine...

Did you ever stop to notice

All the children dead from war

Did you ever stop to notice

This crying Earth, this weeping shore

Aaaaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaaaah

I used to dream

I used to glance beyond the stars

Now I don't know where we are

Although I know we've drifted far

Aaaaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaaaaah

Aaaaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaaaaah

Hey, what about yesterday (What about us)

What about the seas (What about us)

The heavens are falling down (What about us)

I can't even breathe (What about us)

What about the bleeding Earth (What about us)

Can't we feel its wounds (What about us)

What about Nature's worth (Ooo,ooo)

It's our planet's womb (What about us)

What about animals (What about it)

We've turned kingdoms to dust (What about us)

What about elephants (What about us)

Have we lost their trust (What about us)

What about crying whales (What about us)

We're ravaging the seas (What about us)

What about forest trails (Ooo, ooo)

Burnt despite our pleas (What about us)

What about the holy land (What about it)

Torn apart by creed (What about us)

What about the common man (What about us)

Can't we set him free (What about us)

What about children dying (What about us)

Can't you hear them cry (What about us)

Where did we go wrong (Ooo, ooo)

Someone tell me why (What about us)

What about babies (What about it)

What about the days (What about us)

What about all their joy (What about us)

What about the man (What about us)

What about the crying man (What about us)

What about Abraham (What was us)

What about death again (Ooo, ooo)

Do we give a damn

Aaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaah

May Michael Jackson's legacy be a gift to the children of all species.