Barbara was matriarch (a phrase she would hate!) of the house next-door-but-one to the house in which I grew up. My mother died when I was just six, and for several years afterwards, Barbara looked after me between the end of school and the arrival home of my father. This was simple practical act that flowed from her well of natural kindness, and in retrospect I am so grateful.

Happiness or Distraction?

Friends, I’m just an old man, trying to live my life in peace.
I’m no kind of… revolutionary.
But there’s something going on. Something really wrong.
And it affects my kids and that means I can’t sleep…

So… I’m trying to save the world, one day at a time,
Making up for what my generation’s done.
I’m trying to save the world, one day at a time,
Because my children have to live here when I’m gone.

The Good Earth gives us everything we need.
But the Earth’s in pain, she’s begun to scream and bleed...
The Good Earth doesn’t need us. Doesn’t need to feed us.
So when the Earth’s in pain – we’d best take heed.

So… I’m trying to save the world, one day at a time,
Making up for what my generation’s done.
I’m trying to save the world, one day at a time,
Because my children have to live here when I’m gone.

We’ve been burning oil and coal, for about two centuries.
And now the whole world’s getting hotter every year.
Some say we can’t afford to stop. But I say we can’t afford to not!
Because no amount of money, can repair Earth’s atmosphere.

So… I’m trying to save the world, one day at a time,
Making up for what my generation’s done.
I’m trying to save the world, one day at a time,
Because my children have to live here when I’m gone.

I am just one person, you’re one person too.
And these problems seem impossibly too grand.
But we all care for our kids. And if each of just did,
What we need to, then our kids might have a chance.

So… Let’s try to save the world together, one day at a time,
Making up for what our generation’s done.
Let’s try to save the world together, one day at a time,
Because our children have to live here when we’re gone.

So… Let’s try to save the world together, one day at a time,
Making up for what our generation’s done.
Let’s try to save the world together, one day at a time,
And hope our children will forgive us when we’re gone.

Key of A.

Goodbye Mrs Pink

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