I heard no lonesome whippoorwill Just cars and planes and trains Endangered species may die out In forest, parks and plains I did not hear no robin weep Is this the silent spring ? Has our pollution killed most birds Since we don’t hear them sing ?
The hills and dales in our lush state Gave homes to hawks and jays The silence in our forests now Could mean that all decays We never see no whippoorwill Against the smog filled sky With ozone layers full of holes Our planet starts to die
The pandas and the rhinos may Be gone in fifty years Our dying forests way up north May host no grizzly bears
The elephants and chimpanzees Survive in zoos and parks If we don’t save our wildlife soon They’ll need some Noah’s Arks |