This song was a big part of the soundtrack of the early days of the environmental movement. This is a brilliant, if somewhat enigmatic, video rendition of a song that always reminds me that there's more I can be doing.
Thank you, Marvin Gaye, for feeling deeply. It's a rare thing.
Oh, mercy mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
No, no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows
From the north and south and east
Oh, mercy mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
No, no
Oil wasted on the oceans and upon our seas
Fish full of mercury
Oh, mercy mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
No, no
Radiation underground and in the sky
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
Oh, mercy mercy me
Oh, things ain't what they used to be
What about this overcrowded land?
How much more abuse from man can she stand?
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