Wake Up!

By Paul Reisler, Terri Allard & Ms. Wharton's class, Rappahannock Elementary

The Phoenix flies with fire on his wings
Shaking off the ashes, he rises as he sings
"Wake up, Mr. Sun
Come out of your cave, a new day has begun."

What makes you think that you can sleep in?
Without you here we'd have no oxygen.
If you sleep all day and sleep all night
We'd have to live in darkness there would be no light.

We covered up the sun with all our pollution
In our darkest times, we need a good solution
The seas are rising and glaciers are sinking
There's a hole in the ozone - what were we thinking?
Wake up, Mr. Sun. Wake up, everyone!

Apollo might be the god of the sun
But even he can't fix what we've done
The phoenix may die and come back again
But who will save the earth for our children?

We covered up the sun with all our pollution
In our darkest times, we need a good solution
The seas are rising and glaciers are sinking
There's a hole in the ozone - what were we thinking?
Wake up, Mr. Sun. Wake up, everyone!
Wake up, Mr. Sun. Wake up, everyone!
Wake Up