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A Sea No Longer Clean

When I was twelve I first watched
The waves roll in the bay
Now forty years on and much wiser
Waves still roll on their way
Waves still roll on their way

The grains of sand remain unchanged
The seaweed still grows green
For how many years will this be so
And is the sea so clean?
And is the sea so clean?

The golden beach it curves away
A close look will reveal
Plastic iron oil and waste
The sea now not so clean
The sea now not so clean

The fruits of the sea we still enjoy
The fish they still swim free
For how many years will this be so
And will the sea be clean?
And will the sea be clean?

Man has come and man will go
A visitor in time
And all he’ll leave is junk and dirt
The sea no longer clean
The sea no longer clean

Then one day some time away
The fish no longer swim
And where was once a beach and bay
No sea no waves come in
No sea no waves come in

So listen now people all
Don’t drop it on the shore
If we don’t change our habits now
The sea there’ll be no more
The sea there’ll be no more

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