1. Oh, you can't keep on livin' (echo)
on CO2 (echo)
cuz CO2 (echo)
is just do-do! (echo)
Oh, you can't keep on livin' on CO2,
cuz CO2 is just do-do.
Oh, Lordy save us from ourselves!

Refrain:
Oh, Lordy save us from ourselves
Oh, Lordy save us from ourselves
Oh, Lordy save us from ourselves!

2. Oh, we can't keep producin' (echo)
more stuff, more dumps (echo)
more meat, more heat (echo)
more cars, too much! (echo)
Oh, we can't keep producin'
more stuff, more dumps, more meat,
more heat, more cars, too much!

Oh, Lordy…

3. So must we really hope (echo)
for genocide? (echo)
So long as you (echo)
ain't the one who's died (echo)
So must we really hope for genocide?
So long as you ain't the one who's died.

Oh, Lordy…

4. Maybe war saves a life (echo)
Not ours or us (echo)
But maybe earth's (echo)
Its upper crust (echo)
Maybe war saves a life, not ours or us,
but maybe earth's, its upper crust.

Oh, Lordy…

5. Oh, you can't save the climate (echo)
with more oil rigs (echo)
to fuel our jets (echo)
and SUVs (echo)
Oh, you can't save the climate
with more oil rigs
to fuel our jets and SUVs.

Oh, Lordy…

6. If we can't change our ways (echo)
can't throw the bus (echo)
into reverse (echo)
our ways change us! (echo)
If we can't change our ways,
can't throw the bus into reverse,
our ways change us!

Oh, Lordy…