Who will teach our children well?
Who will make them each a monkey?
Who will tell them how it used to be
And pass on family stories?
We can tar all our hillsides with roads
Turn our art into binary codes
But one day we'll wake up
And what's real is nowhere to be found
When the last monkey maker leaves town
Who will find the way home
When there are no maps to follow?
Who will pollinate our farms
When all the bees are gone?
We can build up our cities of glass
Fish our seas till there is nothing left
You can trumpet your progress
And I'll lament what's not around
When the last monkey maker leaves town
Why invest all our time
In clocks not built to last?
Who will warn us of our path
So we don't repeat the past?
We can tar all our hillsides with roads
Turn our art into binary codes
You can't know where you're going
If you don't know what you left behind
When the last monkey maker leaves town
credits
from Around These Parts,
released December 1, 2014
Music and lyrics by Andy Campolieto
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