Lyrics The Sun and the Water - Red Mitchell

I'd like to talk to you son, about using the sun and water
And maybe you'll have a son and a daughter to tell this to, too -
We're taken them so for granted so long we've been wrong and untrue
But it's the sun and the water who've won and they've kept us alive
I'm so sorry that we've been abusing the balance of nature
We've been misusing our talents in dangerous ways in our haste
So though it's hard to believe we'll be leaving you all kinds of waste
But you use the sun and the water, my son, and you oughta survive.

You could erase some big debts if
You'd place some big bets on the sunshine
Use just a healthy percent of the wealth we have spent on the moon
Choose between weapons in space and the whole human race pretty soon
As far as we know that's best way to go 'till the martians arrive
Hope you don't mind a request that you find out the best use of water
We don't deserve it if we can't conserve it in this day and age
Harness the tides and the ions, they're harder than lions to cage
But now we're aware that the power is
There and the whole world could thrive
Turn on to the sunshine and water, they'll warm you and keep you alive
Get back to the pure sun and water so your son and daughter survive