# Songsheet

##### **PDF version for downloading and printing [here](https://cloud.extinctionrebellion.uk/s/9QcZ6MsjrQK2CCC)**

With thanks to Suffolk, whose MP is Therese Coffey, but you can insert your own/relevant MP surname/water authority/organisation…

**To the tune of ‘My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean’**

(soundcloud link [here](https://soundcloud.com/campaign-chorus/the-sewage-flows-into-the-ocean?si=2da0a3108e8e411380a7d343590036ad&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing))

The sewage flows into the river,<br>
The sewage flows into the sea<br>
The sewage flows into the [Deben] [insert own river name here, or just use word 'ocean']<br>
And the blame lies with Therese Covey

Bring back, bring back, oh bring back clean rivers and seas and seas,<br>
Bring back, bring back, oh bring back clean rivers and seas.

The runoffs as bad as the sewage,<br>
With pesticides killing off bees.<br>
They kill off aquatic invertebrates,<br>
And the blame lies with Therese Coffey.

Bring back, bring back, oh bring back clean rivers and seas and seas,<br>
Bring back, bring back, oh bring back clean rivers and seas.

**To the tune of ‘Hi Ho Silver Lining’**

(soundcloud link [here](https://soundcloud.com/campaign-chorus/hi-ho-sewage?si=dbfca523249542b784a703c466182900&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing))

By the rivers all around the country<br>
You should hold your breath<br>
If you ever dare try to swim there<br>
You are risking death<br>
In the streams that feed the rivers<br>
You can count the turds<br>
As our sewage is no longer filtered<br>
While MPs ignore our words

Chorus:<br>
And at high tide I feel like crying<br>
As all around our coast<br>
We see aquatic life is dead & dying<br>
And so we make this fuss<br>
Because it’s obvious<br>

The Tories voted for pollution<br>
In a solid block<br>
But come the next election<br>
They could get a shock<br>
Coffey, Hunt & Poulter,<br>
Churchill, Aldous too (Insert own MPs here)<br>
Suffolks Conservative MPs,<br>
All voted for more poo!<br>

Chorus:<br>
And at high tide I feel like crying<br>
As all around our coast<br>
We see the scummy crud & crap a-rising<br>
And so we make this fuss<br>
Because it’s obvious<br>

Repeat 1st Chorus

Chords for guitars/ukes:<br>
Intro: G G<br>
Verses:G G C C F C G D x 2<br>
Chorus: G G7 C D G G7 C DC G G<br>

**We Need to Build a Better Future**

YouTube version [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sNFLRUukzY)<br>
[And here's Belgium singing it!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGgBtHoIO4g)

We need to build a better future<br>
We need to wake up<br>
We need to wise up<br>
We need to open our eyes<br>
And do it now, now, now!<br>
We need to build a better future<br>
And we need to start right now

We’re on a planet<br>
That has a problem
We’ve got to solve it, get involved<br>
And do it now, now, now!<br>
We need to build a better future<br>
And we need to start right now<br>

Make it greener<br>
Make it cleaner<br>
Make it last, make it fast<br>
And do it now, now, now!<br>
We need to build a better future<br>
And we need to start right now

No point in waiting<br>
Or hesitating<br>
We must get wise, take no more lies<br>
And do it now, now, now!<br>
We need to build a better future<br>
And we need to start right now.
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