Blame Not Lyrics by Cara Silverberg; Music by Peter Tosh (“You Can’t Blame the Youth”)
G C G You teach the youth about ba’al tashchit. G D G You teach the youth about tzar baalei chayyim G C G You teach the youth about no psolet G D G You teach the youth to keep the earth clean. G C G So you can’t blame the news of today G C G You must learn to choose G C G “If not now when” will it be? Em D G We must rethink, reduce, and reuse. So go and ride your bicycle To the movies or to the school Don’t have to drive, you can take a walk To the market or to shul. You can plant an urban garden To attract the birds and the bees In the city, you can create a forest Just start with some love and some seeds So you can’t blame the news of today You must learn to choose Global warming is in the air We must make an effort to improve. You teach the youth about tikkun olam And to be Shomrei Adamah We are keepers of the earth L’ovdah u’l’shomra. Remember in the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve were given life to protect Now we must heed these mitzvot And on Shabbat we’ll let the land rest.
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