Save Our Public Lands

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Keep public lands, now, 

in public hands, now

That’s our demand, now

Better understand, now

This land is your land

This land is my land

Keep public lands in public hands!

We do love nature, and we do love hiking

and river rafting, and mountain biking

We love to ramble through our scenic parklands

Keep public lands in public hands!

From Valles Caldera to Carlsbad Caverns

From the Rio Grande to Chaco Canyon

From the Cibola Forest to the sparkling White Sands

Keep public lands in public hands!

From the Gila Cliff homes to the pristine Pecos

From the Jemez River to the Sangre de Cristos

From the Zuni Mountains to the Bisti Badlands

Keep public lands in public hands!

Keep public lands, now, 

in public hands, now

That’s our demand, now

Better understand, now

This land is your land   This land is my land

Keep public lands in public hands!

From the pristine Arctic wilderness

to the Gulf of Mexico

We will mine and drill, extract and frack

’til no life on earth can grow

We will help the big oil billionaires

reap more profits every day

Though the costs outweigh the benefits,

make the little people pay

We will cut the regulations

that restrict BP and Shell

And the loggers, frackers, miners, all:

we will pave their way as well

So the Native People lose their land

and their lives if they protest

Native rights and human rights be damned

at the industry’s behest

Why let common people have the chance

to enjoy these public lands?

Let our wealthy buddies buy them up

so they’re all in private hands    

Who needs hiking trails or deep dark skies

or fishing streams for trout?

We will fence these places, lock the gates, 

post a sign that says KEEP OUT!

God bless our public lands

lands that we love

Let all creatures, and people

live in peace, like in heaven above

Bless the forests, and the rivers

and the mountains, and the vales

God bless our public lands

They're not for sale

God bless our public lands 

They're not for sale!