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Who Cares About the Human Race

Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, 1954
Parody by Rick Wright, Denis Aubrey et al., 1970s
& Christina Mimmocchi, 1999

I know a place where we can find
Uranium for us to mine
Australia is just the place
Who cares about the human race? Ole!

Exploit it now before it's banned
The media is in our hand
The public are quite easily sold
They only know what they are told. Ole!

Dollars, dollars, dollars, dollars and cents!
We'll sell uranium to France or Uncle Sam! Ha! ha! ha!
Dollars, dollars, dollars, dollars and cents!
Think of all those nuclear reactors in Japan! Ha! ha! ha! ha!
Dollars, dollars, dollars, dollars and cents!
But there's just one question and the answer isn't sure
Where do we store the waste for more
Than half a million years? [Five hundred thousand years!]

The Mirrar people on their land [at Jabiluka]
Along with those who made a stand [stand up for justice]
Arrested on their sacred land [at Jabiluka]
Stand fast! Our victory will be last. Ole!

The government cooperates [there's trouble looming]
With those that we have learned to hate [they're not improving]
Their greedy hand controls our fate [it's not to late to]
Unite! We must stand up and fight! Ole!

Dollars, dollars, dollars, dollars and cents!
They say uranium is safe for us to mine. Uh uh uh!
Dollars, dollars, dollars, dollars and cents!
But we know whose pocket gets the profit every time [those bastards!]
Dollars, dollars, dollars, dollars and cents!
And there's still one question and the answer isn't sure
Where do we store the waste for more
Than half a million years? [Five hundred thousand years!]

I know a place where we can find
Uranium for us to mine
Australia is just the place
Who cares about the human race?
About the human race? Ole! Ole!

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