Thank you to Jane Hammond for creating this video of a no Fracking Rally in 2017. This was under our old band name Prhyme.
Fracking is a bad idea
About this song
We wrote this song on a paper napkin while having coffee at Yelo in North Beach, overlooking the ocean with a drill rig off shore at anchor for maintenance. We were inspired to write for the Knitting Nannas after supporting them North of Perth at a protect against fracking.
This song explains hydraulic fracturing and shares community experiences with this carbon and methane emission intensive industry.
Fracking is leaking millions of tons of methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. Fracking is also associated with other airborne hydrocarbons that can cause health and respiratory issues. Fracking uses large amounts of water, which can become contaminated and affect local groundwater.
This song encourages community to oppose fracking and move to a regenerative future now. It mentions the Knitting Nannas a community group that has been advocating against fracking and for the protection of our native forest for a long time. It also refers to two campaigns by the WA Conservation Council ‘Lock the Gate’ and ‘Water for Life’, that we support wholeheartedly.
Fracking is a bad idea
Don’t hurt the ground
Fracking is a bad idea
Safe fracking’s not found
Wind ‘n sun ‘n wave has got the energy
we need to keep our water clean
into our future
Have you heard of fracking?
They drill a hole deep in the ground
Press it full of chemicals
To break the gas out
the cracks fill with sand
the poison stays in the land
Polluting water underground
Short term profit desire
Keep the greedy ones fed
They don’t care
what happens to our planet
While they are lying in bed
There is no repair
There is only despair
We gotta stop that fracking
everywhere
Fracking is a bad idea
Don’t hurt the ground
Fracking is a bad idea
Safe fracking’s not found
Wind ‘n sun ‘n wave has got the energy
we need to keep our water clean
into our future
There’s a better solution
No need to go back into the cave
Refuse reduce reuse recycle
Regenerate
Talk to your friends
spread the message out loud
we gotta leave that gas in the ground.
Join the knitting nannas
They just sit, knit and care
Whether on the side of the highway or
in the middle of nowhere
A frack free future is
what we need – Lock the Gate
Water for Life
Fracking is a bad idea
Don’t hurt the ground
Fracking is a bad idea
Safe fracking’s not found
Wind ‘n sun ‘n wave has got the energy
we need to keep our water clean
into our future