Woo ah mercy, mercy me Ah, things ain't what they used to be No, no, where did all the blue skies go Poison is the wind that blows From the north and south and east Woo mercy, mercy me Ah things ain't what they used to be, no, no Oil wasted on the ocean and upon Our seas fish full of mercury, ah. oh Ah things ain't what they used to be What about this over crowded land
How much more abuse from man can she stand? Oh mercy, mercy me Ah things ain't what they used to be No, no, no, radiation underground and in the sky; Animals and birds who live near by are dying oh Oh mercy, mercy me Ah things ain't what they used to be No, no, no, radiation underground and in the sky; Animals and land how much more abuse from man can she stand?