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Even My White Shirt Is Black

by Paul J Rogers

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Paul’s new single is a scathing critique of insatiable greed and wanton destruction of the Earth – which is the ‘fossil fuel industry’.

The song title is a specific reference to the pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

Verse one speaks to being on the left of politics. Verse two is about the scarcity resources like food and water. Verse three is about the greed of the energy barons in the fossil fuel industry.

Lastly, the chorus is about the challenge of sense-making in an era of misinformation and the draconian silencing of dissent.

We have had at least 35 years of scientific evidence warning us that fossil fuel industry was cooking the planet. The window to save humanity and the 8 billion species we share the Earth with is rapidly closing.

Speak up. Act Now.

lyrics

Even My White Shirt Is Black © Paul J Rogers 2020

I walk and I talk to the left
Well, that's true
When the line is a straight line
I'm far from the queue
Sing songs of Earth Justice
Since I was a child
Didn't think I'd be singing them
All of my life

Even my white shirt is black
Took a course on the world
And there's no turning back
A headline is a deadline
When nothing is sure
A coal mine is a shotgun
If it kills you real slow

It's real slow (slow, slow, slow)
It’s real slow (slow, slow, slow)

Save women and children
Don't throw me an oar
If a boat needs to save me
I won't reach the shore
Nature is hungry
To heal what we've done
But to learn from her sting
Shows there's more pain to come

Even my white shirt is black
Took a course on the world
And there's no turning back
A headline is a deadline
When nothing is sure
A coal mine is a shotgun
If it kills you real slow

It's real slow (slow, slow, slow)
It's real slow (slow, slow, slow)

Even my white shirt, and black coal
Even my white shirt, and brown coal
Even my white shirt, stop coal
Even my white shirt

As stewards of Earth
We must steer a new course
These energy barons
Rape Earth to the core
We've gotten much better
At accounting these days
But the zeros I'm counting
Is zero has changed

Save us now
Go save us now
From greed just save us now
Save us now
Go save us now
From greed just save us now

credits

released January 14, 2022
Written, performed and produced by Paul J Rogers

Mastered by Paul Blakey, Gold Coast Australia

Photography by Tracie Tee Live Events

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Paul J Rogers Brisbane, Australia

Musician I Producer I Environmentalist

Paul's sound is influenced by, Midnight Oil, U2 & INXS.

Paul experienced degrees of success with Real Life Exit (RLX) in the 1990’s when singed to Sony affiliate ICM.

Paul then withdrew from the lights to start a family and study Political Science in the early 2000’s.

Paul began producing & releasing music in 2014.

Paul loves all things Science and Spirit ... more

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