I'm just a city boy   But there's a small town side to me   And I feel it closin' in   Are we too blind to see   That she's dyin' more each day   And she's cryin' out to you and me      Chances come and when they're gone   They curse the fool who waits too long      So let's take care of what we have   Before the good we know goes bad   And the beauty fades and just slips away   The dirty air, the dyin' seas      Will this be the world we leave to the wild and young   I say, "Just look at what we've done"   And right before our eyes   Today's yesterday could be tomorrow's goodbye      Here comes the rain   It might wash her tears away   But it doesn't change a thing   Like my brother before me   All I can do is write this song   And for her I sing      Chances come and when they're gone   They carve in stone what we've done wrong      So let's take care of what we have   Before the good we know goes bad   And the beauty fades and just slips away   The dirty air, the dyin' seas      Will this be the world we leave to the wild and young   I say, "Just look at what we've done"   And right before our eyes   Today's yesterday could be tomorrow's goodbye      Do you ever think about   The future or the past?   Do you ever wonder   How long this world will last?      So let's take care of what we have   Before the good we know goes bad   And the beauty fades and just slips away   The dirty air, the dyin' seas      Will this be the world we leave to the wild and young   I said, "Just look at what we've done"   And right before our eyes   Yeah, it's right before our eyes   Today's yesterday could be tomorrow's goodbye