Lyrics:
There once was a terrible dragon
Whose name was climate change
He slept atop a mountain
As he'd done for an age
'Til the king made the poor
mine the mount for gold
The dragon gave a scary roar
And out of bed he rolled
Lo! The dragon of climate change hath come
But slay the beast named greed and that dragon will be done
The king lied to the peasants
He blamed the dragon on them
And sold them pointless weapons
So he could casheth in
But when flames razed the town
The folk saw through his scheme
'tis a wood house the dragon burns
But not your stone keep
Lo! The dragon of climate change hath come
But slay the beast named greed and the dragon will be done
The king summoned a mage
He said would end this chapter
He promised a spell called
Direct Air Carbon Capture
It could keep the dragon away
While the gold forever grew
But soon they found out the mage
Was just the king's court fool
Lo! The dragon of climate change hath come but
But slay the beast named greed and the dragon will be done
The people marched from town
On horse the king fled
The dragon saw his shiny crown
And barbecued his head
Folk shared the kingdom's riches
So they had all they need
The dragon's home was left alone
So he could get some sleep
Lo! The dragon of climate change was done.
But beware the beast named greed or he won't gone for long
Every pirate was the same
We could not wait for climate change
The seas would swallow all the land
We'd cheer and raise our hooks and hands
One day a girl boarded the ship
A Swede heading to a summit
She said you've got the whole thing wrong
Who will you loot when everyone's gone?
Hi! Ho!
Whats happening on the high seas?
Don't you know?
It's a pirate emergency
Though we are above the law
We all stopped using plastic straws
Straight from the keg we'd drink our rum
Until one day we stumbled upon
The great Atlantic garbage patch
Even looked big with an eye patch
Turns out that we misplaced the threat
The patch was mostly fishing nets
Hi! Ho!
Whats happening on the high seas?
Don't you know?
It's a pirate emergency
If we saw a fishing boat
We'd try to board and slit their throats
Protecting fish protects the sharks
We want walking the plank to last
Years went by with many dead
Until one day my parrot said
These fisherman are just a victim
Of an economic system
Hi! Ho!
Whats happening on the high seas?
Don't you know?
It's a pirate emergency
We stayed on land 'til anchors rust
But politics just weren't for us
It seemed now that all hope was lost
But then we came across Oli Frost
He said just do what you do best
Knowing yourself's a treasure chest
Just write a jaunty sea shanty
To make your point seem less preachy
