Don`t Take It For Granted is about the humpback whales which was heading for extinction. It was the people protesting agianst the killing of the whales made the difference in saving them.
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DON`T TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED
UNGAZITHATHI KALULA
I`M A HUMPBACK WHALE SWIMING IN THE SEA
I THINK THE TRAWLER NETS ARE GONNA CATCH ME
IN THE SEA I NOTICE THAT THE WATERS NOT AS CLEAN AS BE
I`M A HUMPBACK WHALE SWIMING IN THE SEA
I FEEL THE WATERS GETTING TO WARM FOR ME
IN THE SEA I WORRY THAT THE WHALING MEN
ARE COMIN AFTER ME
CHORUS
OUT OF NOWHERE AND THE WATER TOO VAST TO SEE
SOMETHING MERGING THE WATER FROM THE GREAT BIG SEA
WHALES FLOATING DOWN THE OCEAN SLOWLY STARING BACK AT ME
CLEAR AS DAY EVERYDAY I WATCH THEM PLAY
AND WATCH THEM SWAY
IN THE GORGOUS OPEN SEA YOU CAN SEE THEM IN PACKS OF TWO , MY BREED WAS DYING NOW THEY STRONG
THANKS TO YOU
WHALES ARE BIG , WHALES ARE STOUT , WHALES THEY HUM ,THEY DON`T SHOUT .
MIST SHOOTING OUT OF THEIR SPOUT AND DIVING INTO THE DEEP WATER.
CHORUS
SPOUT OF NOWHERE I WATCH THEM PLAY , WHALES IN THE WATER SINGING THEIR WHALING SONG
WHALES RISING UP AND GOING DOWN , DEEP DEEP DEEP IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA
IF YOU LOOK OUT THERE YOULL SEE THEM IN PACKS OF THREE LOOKING LIKE A WATERFALL UPSIDE DOWN
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