Drowned in paper

 

    G                           C

Drowned in paper, strangled in wire,

       G                                       D

our civilization is bound to go down,

              G                                         C

and the birds and the bees and the bugs will take over,

              G                                 D             G

and the old green world goes spinning around.

              G                                          C

1. Now, some say your world will be ended in fire,

      G                                                      D

    some say it`ll be frozen to ice in the heart.                   

         G                               C

    But I know just how our race will expire,

          G                                    D              G

    it`ll be our own doing from being so smart. + CHORUS

        G                               C

2. I knew a young girl, so fair and so handsome,

               G                                                               D

     her cheeks were so bright and her lips were so red.

                   G                              C

    But from typing and filing and taking dictations,

             G                                        D                   G

    her shape is now known as "stenographer`s breed".  + CHORUS

         G                             C

3. I knew a young fellow, so full of vigour,

    G                                           D

    he took a job with the TV repair.

                   G                                     C

    Now his power has shortage, his wires are tangled,

            G                                     D             G

    he`s got a fat belly, and he`s losing his hair. + CHORUS

                G                                          C

4. I`ve recorded, I`ve measured, I`ve clicked with a camera,

        G                                                            D

    I raised a long sight of this stream-side of life.

               G                                C

    But afraid to jump in, I know all about water,

                       G                                     D                G

    but don`t know how to swim in the struggle and strife. + CHORUS

 

(Pete Seeger)