In front of our eyes

Photo:  The oil slick as seen from space by NASA's Terra satellite on May 24, 2010.  

In front of our eyes

(June 2010)

In front of our eyes

The Gulf is dying

And what we are getting

Is more and more lying

In front of our eyes

The planet is frying

We don’t stop to think

We just keep on buying

In front of our eyes

Other people are crying

As to keeping them safe –

We are not even trying

In front of our eyes

We are not even trying

To stop burning oil

Even as the Gulf is dying