Hey, Mr Politician, what's going on in your mind

The people are crying out for help and you're just wasting our time

Oh -- a mouthful of rhetoric

All that lip just makes us sick

Unbutton your collar, loosen your tie

Get it together, stop feeding us lies

Get the message, a message from the human race

Get the message, our planet is a sacred place

Get the message, it's simple and it's oh so true

Guide us through these troubled times cos we're depending on you

Chlorofluorocarbons -- you know them as CFCs

Fifteen years ago you ignored the warning pleas

"There'll never be a hole in the atmosphere"

That's what you said, now the hole has spread

And the people are starting to fear

Get the message...

Elected by the people -- what do you desire

Are you an elected official or just for hire

Elected by the people -- the people are aware

Our quality of life needs repair

Too many people sleeping in the streets

Too many children with not enough to eat

All that money wasted building a war machine

Has made the global economy the worst it's ever been, so...

Get the message...

Elected by the people -- what do you desire

Are you an elected official or just for hire

Elected by the people -- the people are aware

Our quality of life needs repair

Hey, Mr Politician, what's going on in your mind

The people are crying out for help and you're just wasting our time

Oh -- a mouthful of rhetoric

All that lip just makes us sick

Unbutton your collar, loosen your tie

Get it together or we're all gonna die

Get the message...

(Russ Ives; ©1994 Naked Earth Productions)