Rev. Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir
Beautiful Earth
“Beautiful Earth.” change without us, 2022. Audio only, 6 min. 14 sec.
Special vocals by Ali Dineen, Sunder Ganglani, and Reverend Billy.
BEAUTIFUL EARTH LYRICS
Beautiful Earth Beautiful Earth
What do you have to say?
Fire and storm virus and death
Earth can you please translate?
Beautiful Earth Beautiful Earth
What do we need to hear?
Sorrow and shock the ones we love
Earth will you break our fear?
Beautiful Earth, Beautiful Earth
You think we are the storm
Are we debris? And deadly wind?
Ever since we were born
Be friend to the animal Be friend to the tree
Be friend to the caterpillar Be friend to the sea
Be friend to the animal Be friend to the tree Be friend to the butterfly Be friend to the sea
Beautiful Earth, Beautiful Earth You think we are the storm, Are we debris? And deadly wind? Ever since we were born
Oh beautiful Earth Oh beautiful Earth Oh beautiful Earth, What do we need to hear? Sorrow and shock, the ones we love Earth will you break our fear?
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Earth
You’re right her nearby somewhere I can feel you we just got some pavement here some concrete-gotta blow all the walls down, like a storm, get out of the car, out of the traffic jam, out of the suburban sprawl, out of the toxins in the air. We love you so much we’re gonna take that journey you and me take that time get the map got the map oh its inside us we forgot that now we remember the earth gave us the map thank you Earth yeah were gonna sing beautiful Earth you guided us and now we promise we will shout in the streets beautiful Earth do everything we gotta do we’ll risk arrest go to jail teach the children tear down the refinery with our bare hands ….change in the time of extinction…extinction demands revolution.
You showed us the way and now we’re walking on that alpine meadow, walking the wetlands, across the long grass prairie, swimming across the coral reef, climbing the mountain, flooding down the river, to the valley, beautiful Earth, beautiful Earth, thank you for showing us the way, thank you, you waited for us, beautiful Earth.
FULL ALBUM CREDITS
change without us, released August 10, 2022
Songs by William Talen, Sunder Ganglani, Savitri D
Arrangements by Ali Dineen with Gregory Corbino
Contributions by Francisca Benitez, Kai Pelton, Chris Garrard, Shilpa Narayan
The Storm and Thrill To It music by Nehemiah Luckett, Nathan Stevens, Savitri D, William Talen
Lead Vocals Francisca Benitez, Sunder Ganglani, Ali Dineen, Ariella Mandel, John Carlin, Karl Halberg, Gregory Corbino, Shilpa Narayan, William Moses
Piano / Gregory Corbino
Organ / Ali Dineen
Guitar / Danny Blume
Bass / Nathan Stevens
Drums / Eric Johnson
(except Thrill to It Ethan Eubanks)
Produced by Savitri D & Danny Blume
THE STOP SHOPPING CHOIR IS:
Ak Jansen
Al Smith
Ali Dineen
Alice Cornell
Alice Gabb
Amadeus Harte
Amber Gray
Ariella Mandel
Ashni Sunder
Barbara Robin Lee
Carl Halberg
Charlene Ruscalleda
Chloé Coradetti
Chris Garrard
Colista Turner
Danny Valdes
David Yap
Dawn Stewart-Lookkin
Debbie Ciraolo
Donald Gallagher
Dustin Robles
Emily James
Eric Johnson
Francisca Benítez
Gaylen Hamilton
Gregory Corbino
Immo Klink
Jess Beck
John Carlin
John Quilty
Jude Kondik
Kai Pelton
Katy Hogan
Laura Berger
Leila Adu
Lena Talen
Max Andrucki
Mike Katell
Milla Gregor
Mink Chung
Molly Chanoff
Nathan Stevens
Pat Hornak
Rachel Naunton
Richard DeDominici
Savitri D
Shilpa Narayan
Sunder Ganglani
Sylver Pondolfino
Tewodros Tamirat
Tom Stallard
Vera Kahn
Veronica Thompson
William Talen
Mixed and Engineered by Danny Blume / Hidden Quarry Studio Woodstock, NY
Additional Recording by Ken Rich/ Grand Street Recording & Mario Viele/ Cowboy Technical
Brooklyn, NY
Master Dave McNair
Photos and design by Savitri D