From 'Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical' of the late 1960s, this song jibes at our society's production of airborne toxins. Ecopella does not perform nude - except at the Nariel Creek Folk Festival!
lyrics
Welcome, sulphur dioxide,
Hello, carbon monoxide,
The air, the air is everywhere.
Breathe deep while you sleep, breathe deep.
Bless you alcohol blood stream,
Save me nicotine lung steam,
Incense, incense is in the air.
Breathe deep while you sleep, breathe deep.
Cataclysmic ectoplasm,
Fallout atomic orgasm,
Vapor and fume, at the stone of my tomb,
Breathing like a sullen perfume,
Eating at the stone of my tomb.
Welcome, sulphur dioxide,
Hello, carbon monoxide,
The air, the air is everywhere.
Breathe deep while you sleep,
Breathe deep, (cough!) deep, (cough!) deep de-deep (cough!).
credits
from Organism Called Earth,
released September 11, 2020
Words: James Rado & Gerome Ragni, 1967
Melody: Galt MacDermot, 1967
Arranged: Miguel Heatwole, 2000
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