Artisan also has a cheerier treatment of the same subject: This is the Way the World Ends.
Quote:Quote:CHORUS:This is the way the world ends: it all goes up in smoke!Smoking's bad for you health, you see; there's many a tree that will agree!You'll have to live in a greenhouse; I know it isn't fair,But this is the way the world ends; what a pity I won't be there!
This is the way the world ends: not with a bang, but a bonfire!After tea, we'll murder a tree, then take a dip in a warmer sea;I'd like to live in a greenhouse, I know it could be fun!Oh, this is the way the world ends, basking in the sun!
CHORUSThis is the way the world ends: "Timber!" is the cry!I'll clear the land and swing the axe;I'll leave to you the inheritance tax!I wish you'd seen a forest, kicked autumn leaves in a wood,But this is the way the world ends; I did it for your own good!
CHORUSThis is the way the world ends: back to the sea we go!See the rosy glow as you dip your toe; (close your mouth by the overflow!)I wish the fish were swimming, not floating on their backs;But this is the way the world ends; take a break, settle back, and relax!
CHORUSThis is the way the world ends: in the ashes of a tree;Not with a bang, but a bonfire,To warm the Earth on a funeral pyre,And set the oceans free.