I wrote this song when I was working as a landscaper right out of college. I remember one day we were working in very unpredictable weather conditions, and all our clients could think to say to us where, "strange weather we're having today, huh?" and as someone who grew up on the cusp of being a millennial and a gen z, climate change has been the talk of the town since I could remember, all I could think when I heard them say that was... "ya don't say...." While on the job that day I just started humming the melody to myself, and soon the lyrics came out of me too. I went home after work and immediately wrote the song.
Lyrics
intro
strange, strange weather we're having today
strange weather we're having today
you can turn your head but no you can't look away
vs. 1
I look outside
it's hailing but there aint no cloud in site
and all my life
it would rain but now the rivers run dry
skys of red it's raining ashes
fires break out as lightning crashes
where do we go
where do we turn
theres nothing left to do but watch it burn
cs. 1
and they say strange weather we're having today
they can turn their heads but no they can't look away
vs. 2
well you see
we all noticing a difference in the sky
but we're pretending
we pretend not to know the reasons why
and all we want to hear are lies
but the truth is
yea the truth is we're all gonna die
yea we're all gonna die
cs. 2
and they say strange weather we're having today
you can turn your head but no you can't look away
vs 3.
politicians want to turn away the attention from this life or death situation
theres too much money in destruction theres too much money in delivering lies
imprisoning those who defend the land and making them out to be the bad man
theres too much money in destruction theres too much money in delivering lies
if you believe in the right to life (fight for clean water)
if you believe in the right to life (fight for clean water)
cs. 3
Oh I think I'm gonna lose my mind if I hear one more person
say strange weather we're having today
you can turn your head but no you can't look away
outro
strange, strange weather we're having today
strange