Resources
In my hand I hold a pencil
I write these words with this utensil
It’s made of wood grown by a tree
and photosynthetic activity
a tree’s cut down, the shape’s made right
it’s drilled and filled with the graphite
the tree’s cut down then a saplings sown
a hundred years go round a big tree has grown
this resource has been renewed
this of course is what people can do
CHORUS
Where ever you go what ever you choose
you have to know what you can use
guess success for what your course is
if you know your resources
perpetual, renewable, nonrenewable
what’s it cost, can you get it, is it do-able?
in the crust the graphite’s stored
with other minerals and metal ore
It took the earth millions of years
to put those minerals and metals here
once they’re taken from the ground
more can’t be made, only found
the ground’s dug up the ore’s extracted
it’s processed the product’s packaged
these resources are non-renewable
replacing them is not do-able
CHORUS
on my face I feel the wind
the sun is what makes it begin
yes the sun does shine and the wind does blow
and there’s geothermal forces below
perpetual means in perpetuity
or a constant source of energy
a windmill spins when the wind blows
a solar cell collects the suns glow
these resources almost forever
to harness them we endeavor