Looking Out For You And Me

There’s lead in the water
There’s nitrates in our wells
Roundup on the vegetables
And cancer in our cells
It really makes me wonder
And maybe you’ll agree, just
Who’s looking out for you and me?

This used to be a wilderness
Unbroken and serene
Til someone saw some dollar signs
Now there’s nothing left to see
Something irreplaceable
Was lost there to the greed, but
Who was looking out for you and me?

Politicians and lawmakers
A corporate cocktail
What is freedom anyhow
When everything’s for sale?
And who is left to turn to
When the leaders mislead?
I’m asking, who’s looking out for you and me?

When the filth that we created
Is oozing in our doors
And the reaper comes to harvest
All the poisons we have sown
I wonder how you’ll answer
When you hear your child’s plea
Daddy, who’s looking out for you and me?
Were you looking out for you or me?