Wishing Well

As prophetically predicted on the flag of Kiribati
The view of this island in the next century
A passing bird confounded by its discovery
Of a Sun setting over a lonely vacant sea

In most events you could imagine that you would be quite stunned
To find such a tiny nation placing in at number one
But in the race to see who first will sink below the sea
This tiny island nation has a shot to go down in history

Good-bye dear friends – we wish you will be well
It's an inevitable outcome 'cause you know we've got to sell
Our inefficient cars from less efficient factories
'Cause to change would infringe on our dearest liberties

Yeah, the Maldives have a plan to make the future sell
There's no view like you can get from their underwater hotel
Just slink out of your window in your iron lung and fins
I hope that you like seafood 'cause you know chicken doesn't swim

Now it gives a whole new meaning to emerging from a meeting
When the president and cabinet offer their warmest greeting
After taking off their masks after a meeting down below
Where they've set up desks and chairs to convene
...below the ocean's flow

Good-bye dear friends – we wish you will be well
It's an inevitable outcome 'cause you know we've got to sell
Our inefficient cars from less efficient factories
'Cause to change would infringe on our dearest liberties

Wishing well, we wish you well as you sink into the wishing well

Now if you've got an extra boat and you don't know what to do
Get it off to Bangladesh and sell it as a floating school
And if your path gets flooded and you're feeling pretty hardened
Lighten up and buy some produce from a local floating garden

'Cause when the monsoons come they've developed quite a craft
Growing fruits and vegetables right out of seaweed on a raft
But if wading 'cross the village man, just ain't your scene
In Dhaka there's 15 million people that you can squeeze between

Good-bye dear friends – we wish you will be well
It's an inevitable outcome 'cause you know we've got to sell
Our inefficient cars from less efficient factories
'Cause to change would infringe on our dearest liberties

Up, up the water goes – when it's gonna stop nobody knows
Up, up the water goes – where it's gonna stop nobody knows
Up, up the water goes – when it's gonna stop nobody knows
Up, up the water goes – where the people gonna live, nobody knows