Mercy mercy me (The ecology song) by Marvin Gaye, Album: What’s goin’ on, 1971

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, mercy father
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 mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no

Radiation under ground and in the sky
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying

Oh mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be

What about this overcrowded land
How much more abuse from man can she stand?

Oh, na na...
My sweet Lord... No
My Lord... My sweet Lord

A very beautiful and sensitive jazz song. No matter it's not “pure” rock, it was one of the first that covers in a very simple and comprehensive way all the ecological problems of the planet. Personally, we consider it more “rock” than many naive love songs or about having fun with sex/drugs/rocknroll, performed by pure “rock” artists. It’s also the first that uses the term ecology.


You can hear this song in youtube with similar the lyrics theme slide presentation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XpUacV-TE