Buffy St Marie – Carry it On – Lyrics of defiance with hope.

I don’t know about the praying and God bit but I like the Mother Nature parts. We are all here by incredible luck. The future is uncertain. We have to create it with all the power we have, respect the planet, all life and the people.

The establishment is made up of power-mad psychopaths who put profit before life. We have to make them put life first.

Nature is sacred.

We have to carry that message on through the generations. Life is sacred. Life is more important than money. We need to cherish it. We need to nurture it. We need to protect it.

We can change the world for the better. We can end war, poverty and inequality. It’s all a matter of education, science and sense.

I believe that. I believe in a new positive zeitgeist.

Carry It On
Humans are vulnerable, governments come and go, and Nature is sacred, so take care of your link with Life and thrive.

This is my favorite song. Not sure how I got so lucky as to find it in my head, but it stabilizes me and inspires me no matter what else is going on. I really believe it.
Carry It On
© Words & Music Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Hold your head up
Lift the top of your mind
Put your eyes on the Earth
Lift your heart to your own home planet
What do you see?
What is your attitude
Are you here to improve or damn it
Look right now and you will see
we’re only here by the skin of our teeth as it is
so take heart and take care of your link with Life and

Oh carry it on – We’re saying
Oh carry it on – Keep playing
Oh carry it on – And praying

It ain’t money that makes the world go round
That’s only temporary confusion
It ain’t governments that make the people strong
It’s the opposite illusion
Look right now and you will see
they’re only here by the skin of our teeth as it is
so take heart and take care of your link with Life

Oh carry it on – Keep saying
Oh carry it on – And playing
Oh carry it on – And praying

Look right now and you will see
we’re only here by the skin of our teeth as it is
so take heart and take care of your link with

Life is beautiful
if you got the sense to take care of your source of perfection
Mother Nature She’s the daughter of God and the source of all protection

Look right now
and you will see she’s only here by the skin of her teeth as it is
so take heart and take care of your link with Life

Oh carry it on – Keep saying
Oh carry it on – And playing
Oh carry it on – Keep on praying