Julian Lennon – Saltwater

To practise: Environment
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Practice the topic of the environment in your ESL class with this song, Saltwater by Julian Lennon.

The lyrics of this song include the following 10 words related to the natural world: rock, sun, sky, mountain, desert, moon, forests, world, ocean & mars

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Lyrics

We are a rock revolving
Around a golden sun
We are a billion children rolled into one
So when I hear about the hole in the sky
Saltwater wells in my eyes

We climb the highest mountain
We’ll make the desert bloom
We’re so ingenious we can walk the moon
But when I hear of how the forests have died
Saltwater wells in my eyes

I have lived for love
But now that’s not enough
For the world I love is dying

And now I’m crying
And time is not a friend (no friend of mine)
As friends we’re out of time
And it’s slowly passing by ….right before our eyes

We light the deepest ocean
Send photographs of Mars
We’re so enchanted my how clever we are
Why should one baby feel so hungry she cries
Saltwater wells in my eyes

I have lived for love
But now that’s not enough
For the world I love is dying

And now I’m crying
And time is not a friend (no friend of mine)
As friends we’re out of time
And it’s slowly passing by ….right before our eyes

We are a rock revolving
Around a golden sun
We are a billion children rolled into one
What will I think of me the day that I die
Saltwater wells in my eyes
Saltwater wells in my eyes

Julian LennonEnglish musician, photographer, and philanthropist (born 1963)

Julian Charles John Lennon is an English musician, photographer, author, and philanthropist. He is the son of Beatles member John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia, and he is named after his paternal grandmother, Julia Lennon. Julian inspired three Beatles songs: “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (1967), “Hey Jude” (1968), and “Good Night” (1968). His parents divorced in 1968 after his father had an affair with Yoko Ono.

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