Do Something Now (Before It’s Too Late)

At the ends of the Earth, ancient glaciers now disappear
It’s warmer there now than it’s been for thousands of years.
Ice shelves collapse and melt away
Caused by things we do every day,
And if we don’t do something now
It may be too late.

In the rainforests of the world, like down in the Amazon
They’re cutting down trees so fast that soon they’ll all be gone.
The greed for gold and land to farm
Is causing the planet irreparable harm,
And if we don’t do something now
it may be too late.

It’s gonna take everyone in the world
Every woman, man, boy and girl –
It’s gonna take everyone in the world
to save the world.

The oceans of the world, they’re under duress
Coral reefs are dying off, fish stocks distressed.
We throw in garbage, waste and oil
And wonder why our coast is spoiled,
And if we don’t do something now
it may be too late.

The weather everywhere is tending toward extremes
More heat, more rain, more drought than we’ve ever seen.
Hurricanes, fires, and killer storms
Hundred year events are now the norm,
And if we don’t do something now
it may be too late.

It’s gonna take everyone in the world
Every woman, man, boy and girl –
It’s gonna take everyone in the world
to save the world.

(Alternate words for instrumental verse)

We throw away so much stuff we could use again
We make mountains of trash as monuments to modern men.
This garbage is taking up so much space
We’d be much better off if we made less waste,
And if we don’t do something now
it may be too late.

There’s still a little time left for us to act
But everyday there’s less of it left, and that’s a fact.
By recycling, conserving and cleaning our air
We can save the Earth by showing we care,
But if we don’t something now
if we don’t teach everyone how
if we don’t do something now
it may be too late.

It’s gonna take everyone in the world
Every woman, man, boy and girl –
It’s gonna take everyone in the world
to save the world.

Its gonna take everything we can give
Every nation has a right to live –
It’s gonna take everyone in this world
to save our world.

By: John M. Waller
Originally composed on Earth Day 1998, Verse 1 & 3 updated Earth Day 2008