Lyrics Quiz: Blog Action Day

Supposedly today is Blog Action Day where people are to write about the environment. I really hate these types of events because getting people to do something for one day does not make a habit and in the big picture rare put a dent on whatever they are trying to accomplish. Personally everyday I try to cut down my carbon footprint, I have been using energy efficient products for a couple years now and am pretty diligent to turn thing off at the surge protector when not in use. I haven’t yet converted to an energy efficient car yet on account that I’m poor. Although if Al Gore truly cared about the environment he would use his Nobel Prize money to buy me a Prius. Granted if Al Gore truly cared about the environment, he wouldn’t have flown to the ceremony in a private jet. But anyways.

But since the day fell on the 15th I figure I would do my very little part and have a environment themed Lyrics Quiz. Much like every Lyrics Quiz, please post your guesses, title and artist, in the comment section (or you can e-mail me) and if you are correct I will unbold the lyric and give you credit. The Lyrics Quiz is for entertainment purposes only so please do not use anything besides your own meandering mind to help you up with the answers. Now onto the Lyrics Quiz:

Hints:

1. I went with the more environmental lyrics but my favorite line is “What about the babies (Whole Lotta Money)” far apparent reason once you figure out the artist
3. To the astute music fans, the numbers should tip you off to who the artist is.
16. The lead singer of this band recently released an album surprisingly named after this band of which he spent decades feuding with after disbanding it.
17. The budget for this video was donated to various charities with the video itself showing where that money went.
24. One of the very first rock acts to get eco-friendly possibly thanks to the lead singer’s love of surfing.


1. What about sunrise, what about rain? What about all the things you said we were to gain?
2. Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas, fish full of mercury. (Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye; guessed by Slaygal1981)
3. Don’t hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky. It slips away; all your money won’t another minute buy. (Dust in the Wind - Kansas; guessed by Dara)
4. Hey now, maybe we can find a good reason 2 send a child off 2 war. So what if we’re controlling all the oil is it worth a child dying 4?
5. We can live beside the ocean; leave them far behind. Swim out past the breaker; watch the world die. (Santa Monica- Everclear; guessed by Slaygal1981)
6. Got Styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer. Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive. Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive. (Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young; guessed by Slaygal1981)
7. I want to feel sunlight on my face. I see the dust cloud disappear without a trace. I want to take shelter from the poison rain. (Where the Streets Have No Name - U2; guessed by Slaygal1981)
8. I can breathe my own air. I can sleep more soundly upon these poor souls. I’ll build heaven and call it home. (Don't Drink the Water - Dave Matthews Band; guessed by Angie)
9. People are lonely and only animals with too many tools that can build all the junk that we sell. (The Horizon Has Been Defeated - Jack Johnson; guessed by Slaygal1981)
10. In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep through the jungle of doubt. (The River of Dreams - Billy Joel; guessed by Slaygal1981)
11. Her green plastic watering can for her fake Chinese rubber plant. (Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead; guessed by Dara)
12. The oil down the desert way has been shakin’ to the top. The sheik he drove his Cadillac, he went a cruising down the ‘ville. (Rock the Casbah - The Clash; guessed by Slaygal1981)
13. This old man I've talked about broke his own heart, poured it in the ground, big red tree grew up and out. (Feed the Tree - Belly; guessed by Dara)
14. Farmer put away your DDT. I don’t care about spots on my apple; leave me the birds and the bees. (Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell; guessed by Angie)
15. I want to breathe in the open wind. I want to kiss like lovers do. I want to dive into your ocean. (Here Comes the Rain Again - The Eurthymics; guessed by Slaygal1981)
16. I can hear the bullfrog calling me. Wonder if my ropes still hanging to the tree. Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water. Shoefly, dragonfly, get back to your mother.
17. I’ll tap into the water try and bring my share. Try to bring more, more then I can handle. Bring it to the table, bring what I am able.
18. The tiny island sails downstream ‘cause the life that lived is dead. (Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix Experience; guessed by Slaygal1981)
19. Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of. And the wounded skies above say it’s much, much too late. (Praying for Time - George Michaels; guessed by Slaygal1981)
20. Check it, since 1516 minds attacked and overseen. Now crawl amidst the ruins of this empty dream. (People of the Sun - Rage Against the Machine; guessed by Slaygal1981)
21. Now back at the homestead where the air makes you choke. (Walk on the Ocean - Toad the Wet Sproket; guessed by Dara)
22. Nations dropping bombs. Chemical gasses filling lungs of little ones. With ongoing suffering as the youth die young. (Where Is the Love? - Black Eyed Peas; guessed by Slaygal1981)
23. Out where the river broke. The bloodwood and the desert oak. Holden wrecks and boiling diesels. Steam in forty five degrees. (Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil; guessed by Slaygal1981)
24. It's a shame to awake in a world of pain. What does it mean when a war has taken over?
25. Little darling I feel that ice is slowly melting. Little darling it seems like years since it’s been clear. (Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles; guessed by Slaygal1981)