Jan Gillies - Silent Shore

Silent Shore Jan Gillies

1. Little frogs all sing of Spring, they chirp & croak their love
Woo their ladies in the dark, the night is full of song
Coastal wetlands teem with life; the nurseries of the sea
Where man & beast both live & feast since ancient history.
Chorus:
But something’s wrong, where is the song that filled the warm night air?
A silent shore, that sings no more. The music has died there.

2. And far beneath the lapping waves, deep currents carry doom
To those who call the ocean home, as dead zones change the tune
Dispersants used to hide the shame now poison life below
As creeping toward the coral reefs, the deadly masses flow.
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3. “It was an accident” they say, “No way that we could know”
“They happen every now & then”, the price of oil just grows
But all along the coastline there’s a silence on the shore
Canary died down in the mine, and frogs sing no more.
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