Here's my best attempt so far at a Green song -- the tune is "Rosin the Beau," which was also used by Charlie King for the anti-nuke anthem "Acres of Clams." The line "Sunflowers die in November" refers back to, of all things, the Alf Landon presidential campaign; Landon, a Kansan, used the sunflower as his symbol and got, well, whupped by FDR. But as you'll see, our take on campaigns is a little different.
At the time that I wrote this page, a MIDI file of the tune was available here. If nothing's there, try Alta Vista.
I've lived all my life on this planet
No other for us has been found
But we've taken our garbage and crammed it
In the water the air and the ground
[chorus repeats the last lines, like so:]
The water the air and the ground
The water the air and the ground
We've taken our garbage and crammed it
In the water the air and the ground
Now the earth and her creatures that suffer
You know they don't suffer alone
When more people are finding life rougher
Being harried and worked to the bone
[chorus:} Harried and worked to the bone, etc.
Our culture could use some reformin'
Its values, its ends, and its means
So a new grassroots movement's a-bornin'
And it goes by the name of The Greens
[chorus:} It goes by the name of The Greens, etc.
Of the Greens I am proudly a member
Green Parties are sprouting like weeds
They say "Sunflowers die in November"
But not without spreading their seeds
[chorus:} Not without spreading their seeds, etc.
Now politics can disillusion
When nothing is quite what it seems
But I think that I've found my solution
Surrrrrrrrounded by acres of greens
[chorus:} Surrounded by acres of greens, etc.