This Air I Breathe

(album: Ship Ahoy - 1973)

This air I breathe, yeah
It don't belong to me, no no
I suck it in
I blow it out
It just won't stay in my mouth

Why don't they find a solution
To what's causing the pollution?

Don't they care
What's happening to the air?
Don't they know if they keep doing what they're doing
Ain't got long to go, yeah?

This air I'm breathing
It don't belong to me, no
Well it don't cost nothing, nothing
I can get it, get it all for free

Things are bad, there's no denying
Air so thick it leaves you crying

Don't they care
What's happening to the air, whoa?
Can't they see that the birds in the trees
Are dying more, more everyday?

Someday there'll be, yes it will
The finest air around, yeah
Green, pure and sweet and warm
So cold, cold and nice

Don't they care
What's happening to the air?
Oh, can't they see that the birds in the trees
Are dying more, more everyday?

This air I'm breathing
Don't belong to me, no, no
Well it don't cost nothing
Not one penny
I can get it... I can get it all for free

Everybody needs it
Why don't we take care of our fresh air, yeah, yeah, yeah?
Someday there'll be when it's all gonna die
If we don't clean it up
Someday
There's gonna be, there's gonna be, gonna be
The finest air around

We gotta get it together
Take care of out air right now