Lyrics | On the Move
11. On the Move
People use bikes, scooters and cars
to get to where their destinations are
trucks haul food from the farm to the table
or pull the race horse from the track to the stable
planes carry people,trains haul coal
the ocean cruiser cruises past the atoll
all these motions use the energy
from burning hydrocarbons, or muscularity
people use so many different modes of transportation
in air, water on roads crisscrossing this nation
energy’s burning gears are in the grove
energy’s transferring to the wheels on the move
It’s a rubber tire on an asphalt road
it carries the car and the semi-load
each tire wraps around the wheel
which spins on an axle made of steel
geared to the drive shaft transmissioned to spin
driven by the flywheel and the crankshaft within
Pistons moving up and down as gasoline explodes
energy from plankton from the seas of long ago
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Is there public transportation in your town?
Are there buses above or subways below ground?
Do you use them? Do you know where they go?
The times that they run? Are they fast or slow?
Are your highways congested? Are they poorly designed?
Do you have a better plan in your mind?
The future is coming with more people on the move,
What changes should be made to the systems we use?
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