[Intro]
Heads or tails?
(Never fails)
[Verse 1]
Heads I win
Tale: you lose
It all depends
If you choose
Even I win
Odd you lose
It all depends
If you choose
[Chorus]
The balls been bouncing in your court
To what tactics will you resort
The final whistle’s about to blow
Are you saying you don’t know?
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]
[Verse 2]
Once again
Tell me true
The decision
Is up to you
Start. Begin
Time is due
The decision
Is up to you
[Chorus]
The balls been bouncing in your court
To what tactics will you resort
The final whistle’s about to blow
Are you saying you don’t know?
[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Organ]
[Bridge]
What in all creation
Gives rise to procrastination
Why reluctance to get wise
Our doing is no surprise
[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]
[Chorus]
The balls been bouncing in your court
To what tactics will you resort
The final whistle’s about to blow
Are you saying you don’t know?
[Instrumental, Piano]
[Outro]
Why reluctance to get wise
Our doing is no surprise
A SCIENCE NOTE
In October 2023, the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that the average temperature for September hit 16.38 degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous record set in September 2020 by 0.5 degrees Celsius. Copernicus Director Carlo Buontempo described it as “mind-blowing” and emphasized the devastating impacts on people and ecosystems, citing destruction of assets, infrastructure, and harvests. “What we are observing, are not only new extremes but the persistence of these record-breaking conditions, and the impacts these have on both people and planet, are a clear consequence of the warming of the climate system,” Director Buontempo said.
By January 2024, the Earth had experienced an alarming annual average temperature increase of over 1.5 degrees Celsius. This temperature rise continued in February 2024, with a monthly average reaching 1.77 degrees above pre-industrial levels, occurring centuries earlier than previously predicted. The urgency to address and combat climate change has never been more critical.
In a significant update from May 2024, scientists determined through tree ring analysis that the average temperature increase in 2023 reached 2.07 degrees Celsius, further underscoring the escalating pace of climate change and its profound impact on global ecosystems.