Pay Attention

Scored for piano with solo and optional doo-whop vocals. Fun song with a deep ecological message. Perfect for spring concerts or Earth Day! The refrains are contemporary versions of words attributed to Chief Seattle. Verses by Rouse. Florida choir leader wrote: "'Pay Attention', is just plain fun! We recently did it with our Doo Wop group at Unity Church of Clearwater, FL and it was enthusiastically received." This song is upbeat, easy to sing, and has an empowering message. What more can we ask from a song? Great song for coordinated movement. Mid-West Review: Rouse has created a grand variety of music albums over the course of decades, all with the common themes of promoting eco-literacy and good stewardship, appreciation for nature's splendor, the manifold joys of love and kindness, and everyday nobility in thoughts and actions." Pay Attention Bb-C- by Joyce Johnson Rouse 2008 Rouse House Music ASCAP Pay attention to the trees, pay attention to the river Pay attention to the bees....... Pay attention to the clouds, pay attention to the weather, Pay attention to everything you do to the Mother We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestor We are just borrowing it from our children, Pay attention to the hills, pay attention to the water Pay attention to the breeze... Pay attention to the dreams, pay attention to the Wisdom, To the sisters and brother living close to the Earth Whatever befalls the Earth befalls our sons and daughters Whatever we do to the Earth, we do to ourselves. Pay Attention to the birds, pay attention to the forests Pay attention to the streams... Pay attention to the snow, Pay attention to the glaciers To the frostline and coastline, and coral beneath the sea This we know: The Earth does not belong to us We belong ....to the Earth. Pay attention to the waves, pay attention to the ocean Pay attention to the reefs....... Pay attention to the heart, beating steady in the Mother Or generations will pay for our ways. We did not weave the Web of Life, we are merely a strand in it Whatever we do to the Web, we do to ourselves. Pay Attention.....