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Sea Green Singers - Somewhere on Sea - click here for pages 1 and 2 , 3 and 4 , 5 and 6 , 7 and 8 .
written by Theo Simon of Seize the Day for the 25th anniversary of the Sheffield Socialist Choir
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Tenor
1. We're sorry that you've got such bloody awful weather
We're sorry if you're living somewhere on sea,
We're sorry we didn't quite get it together in time
and we still hope that you enjoy your legacy,
Somewhere on sea

2. We wouldn't
want you to believe we didn't love you
We wouldn't
want you to suppose we didn't care
Eighty per cent of our days,
thinking about you always
just twenty per cent putting carbon in the air





3. Sorry that we
buried our poison in the garden
Best not to dig for a millennium or three
But if if you
do start a mine think of the plastic you'll find
And we still hope that you enjoy your legacy,

Somewhere on sea.




Vrum vrum, brum brum, tum tum, yum yum
Vrum vrum, brum brum, tum tum, yum yum
Vrum vrum, brum brum, tum tum, yum yum



5. Wish you were
here smelling the Mayflower in the hedgerow
You'd have adored hearing the lark on the wing.
But maybe a swamp can look nice
and you can grow
your own rice
Before the ice covers it over again, What happens then?




Wind power, wave power,
sun power, save power

Wind power, wave power,
sun power, save power
Wind power, wave power, sun power, save power


As you can hear, starting from here
we're going nowhere
'til we resolve how powerful we can be


We're sorry it took so long
for us to sing the same song
And we still hope that you enjoy
your legacy


Wind power, wave power, sun power, save power
Wind power, wave power, sun power, Take power
Somewhere on sea

Tenor
Alto
1. --------------------------------
We're sorry if you're living somewhere on sea,
We're sorry we didn't quite get it together in time
and we still hope that you enjoy your legacy, Somewhere on sea

2. We wouldn't
want you to believe we didn't love you
We wouldn't
want you to suppose we didn't care
Eighty per cent of our days,
thinking about you always
just twenty per cent putting carbon in the air





3. Sorry that we
buried our poison in the garden
Best not to dig for a millennium or three
But if you
do start a mine think of the plastic you'll find
And we still hope that you enjoy your legacy,

Somewhere on sea.



4. We only see what we can see,
anything else is theory
Don't you come here bothering me
with a new doom'n'gloom prophecy
There's room for doubt and while the jury is out,
Why should our kids do without necessity.


We're sorry, we're sorry we're so sorry
We're sorry, we're sorry we're so sorry
We're sorry, we're sorry we're so sorry
We're sorry, we're sorry we're sorry
for not loving you more
Nearly blew it, we can do it


Wind power, wave power,
sun power, save power
We're sorry for, we're sorry for,
We're sorry for not loving you more
We're sorry for, we're sorry for
They needed us to encourage them
We're sorry for, we're sorry for
It was the present that worried them
Money and votes,Nobody would rock the boat
Now we just wish we could float

We're sorry for, we're sorry for
We're sorry for not loving you more
We're sorry for, we're sorry for
We're sorry for not loving you more
We're sorry it took so long
for us to sing the same song
And we still hope that you enjoy
your legacy

sun power, save power
Wind power, wave power, sun power, save power
Wind power, wave power, sun power, Take power
Somewhere on sea

Alto

Bass






Sun, Mon, hum drum, numb bum,job done

Home run, um drum, numb bum, yum yum
quick quick,
'electric, non-stick oil slick
Vrum, vrum

brm x6 (1 bar)
brm x6 (1 bar)
brm x6 (1 bar)
brm x3 (1/2bar),
brm x3 (1/2 bar)
brm x6 (1 bar)
brm x6 (1 bar), brm x6 (1 bar)
vrum, vrum (1 bar)
quick quick 'lectric non-stick oil slick
Vrum, vrum (1 bar)
brm x6 (1 bar), brm brm brm,
Get in the car
Hit the tar, 'snot very far, here we are at the school, then the pool stop at the shop to refuel, our
brum brum, tum tum, yum yum, vrum vrum
4. We only see what we can see,
anything else is a theory,
Don't you come here bothering me
a new doom'n'gloom prophecy
There's room for doubt and while the jury is out, why should our kids do without necessity


Job done, run run, fun fun,
sun sun,
Fly high, sigh sigh, cry cry,
Oh dear!,
Oh dear!
Nearly blew it, we can do it

Wind power, wave power, sun power, save power
Wind power, wave power,
sun power, save power
Wind power, wave power,
sun power, save power
We needed them to give us a lead

Every one had habits to feed

Money and votes,Nobody would rock the boat
Now we just wish we could float

Wind power, wave power,
sun power, save power
Wind power, wave power,
sun power, say:
We're sorry it took so long
for us to sing the same song
And we still hope that you enjoy

Wind power, wave power,
sun power, save power
Wind power, wave power, sun power, save power
Wind power, wave power, sun power, Take power
Somewhere on sea

Bass

Sop














Like we didn't care



We're sorry, we're sorry we're so sorry
We're sorry, we're sorry we're so sorry

We're sorry, we're sorry we're so sorry



We're sorry, we're sorry we're so sorry
We're sorry, we're sorry we're so sorry

We're sorry, we're sorry we're so sorry
Vrum vrum, brum brum, tum tum, yum yum
Vrum vrum, brum brum, tum tum, yum yum
Vrum vrum, brum brum, tum tum, yum yum



5. Wish you were
here smelling the Mayflower in the hedgerow
You'd have adored hearing the lark on the wing.
But maybe a swamp can look nice
and you can grow
your own rice
Before the ice covers it over again, What happens then?


We're sorry for, we're sorry for
We're sorry for not loving you more
We're sorry for, we're sorry for
We're sorry for not loving you more
We needed them to give us a lead,
they needed us to encourage them
Everyone had habits to feed,
it was the present that worried them

Money and votes, Nobody would rock the boat
Now we just wish we could float

We only see economy,
We didn't look at ecology,
Tomorrow you're looking to me
for an apology
We're sorry it took so long
for us to sing the same song
And we still hope that you enjoy
your legacy.



Wind power, wave power, sun power, Take power
Somewhere on sea

Sop