– a homage to Kermit the frog
‘Its not easy bein’ green’ Kermit sings with skinny limbs and felty fingers strumming the god given banjo he says it’s boring blending in with things chlorophyll leaves grass vegetables mountains of green the greenback lucky green green with envy green behind the ears green when you’re about to vomit on a boat flags shamrock sometimes ‘wearing of the green’ stands out perilous for an Irish catholic in 18th century Ireland a man wearing green ribbons or handkerchief was ‘subjected to; imprisonment, transportation, the rope or bayonet’ for women; ‘the brutal insults of the common soldiery’ green nationalism survived green is relaxing nature parrots grasshoppers tree frogs emeralds bein’ green in Colombia protecting the Earth’s lungs is definitely not easy you are likely to be murdered four killings a week the worldwide butchery of environmental defenders sage teal forest green lime apple mint bein’ green as a climate scientist is not easy you may be hacked by cybercriminals discredited receive death and rape threats aloe vera hosta maidenhair snake plant agave peace Lilly bein’ a female green in Australian politics is not easy it may lead to ridicule, slut shaming sexual harassment conifers bamboos acers poplars oak eucalyptus bein’ green in a world of climate change warning governments for 50 years watching the extinctions of species biodiversity loss melting of the permafrost the impending humanitarian crisis from drought, pollution heatwaves fires floods and storm events is not easy it’s not easy bein’ green but we’ve got to try Kermit we hear you as you say... ‘green's the colour of spring and green can be cool and friendly like and green can be big like a mountain or important like a river or tall like a tree I'm green and it'll do fine it's beautiful and I think it's what I want to be’ Attribution: ‘Is not easy bein’ green’ written by Joe Raposo 1970, performed by Jim Henson as Kermit the frog
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