If Cars Were Banned

Wouldn't it be nice if cars were banned?
Trees could grow upon the land
No more smog up in the sky
Let's make it happen, by & by

When you buy a car, do you realize
Your money pays for things you probably despise
Like oil spills covering Alaskan land
Cash in a crooked politician's hand
Children dead on desert sand
So wouldn't it be nice if cars were banned?

Chorus:
Wouldn't it be nice if cars were banned
Trees could grow upon the land
No more smog up in the sky
Let's make it happen by and by

Wouldn't it be great if streets were quiet
No car horns and engines to make a riot
Think of all the time you spend in traffic jams
Wouldn't it be great if they were banned?

Think of all the tax money that you owe
To pay for wild land to be covered up with road
And for hospitals for people hit by cars
Wouldn't it be great if they were barred?

(chorus)

Cars give us jobs, you may say
And they're just the good old American way
But GM doesn't care about American jobs,
They send 'em where they're cheaper, the greedy slobs

Imagine if kids could play without fear
That drivers'll hit them while drinking beer
And if you weren't stuck inside a metal cage
Running people down with your road rage

(chorus)

Shell Oil doesn't seem to care
If they poisoned the water or pollute the air
But if you're in Nigeria and mention that
They're going to execute you in no time flat*

We're drilling Alaskan wilderness
So gallons can be five cents less
And the Saudi royals got rich quick
And give money to terrorist lunatics

(chorus)

Greenhouse gasses fill the sky
And 40 thousand people a year will run over and die...
None of these problems would be there
If people had cars that they would share
If buses trains and bikes were everywhere.

This song could go on without any end
Until you realize that your car is not your friend
We're all car addicts, let's just say no,
And then those cars will have to go.

(chorus)

But we can change things, watch and see
(slower) We will have to, eventually
So let's get together, we'll work all day
To make those cars all go away

(last chorus)
Won't it be nice when cars are banned
Trees could grow upon the land
No more smog up in the sky
It's gonna have to happen, by and by.

(with apologies to all the images I snagged from the internet; and without the endorsement of Stephen King, the makers of the movie Christine, or the organizers of World Car Free Day.)

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[Heatherlev]

hmm... how often do you use your own personal car to move heavy equipment? chances are, you mainly just use it to commute. if you had a better alternative, like mass transit or biking, then you wouldn't need a personal vehicle so much.

This song is about re-thinking the use of your own private car and the reasons to re-consider that. I just took the idea of reducing car use to an extreme to help illustrate how the world might be better with fewer cars. Don't take it 100% literally.

[obama200]

I bought a car and kids died as a result? wtf? Talk about fear-mongering. "If you buy a car children will die!"

[DargonballZZZtop02]

this is the stupid that is all.

[Pernaetova21]

@KrunchyJD I like this comment. I know that in my town we have the worst type of layout of streets and roads. It's completely ridiculus. There are whole highways that don't get used in one part and there is a merger consisting of 6 lanes 1 way that have to merge into 3. wtf??

[Pernaetova21]

@TriggDev There is just so much wrong with the way our cars are built and operate. I wish the batteries for electric cars were condensed so you would be able to pull in to get one that was already charged and ready to go. That probably won't happen until we find a new source of energy all together. It reminds me of the computer and how it was this huge machine way back when. One company has created a transmitter type of charger but you have to be within range. It still takes hours to charge.

[Pernaetova21]

@TriggDev Also, how many people do you know who have a 5 passenger car and only use 1 seat in their daily routines.

[Pernaetova21]

@TriggDev Your comment to jpsousa4 doesn't make any sense apart from the extra time. Even that depends on where you live and what lifestyle you have. A monthly bus pass costs only 40.00 per month here in florida. 40 x 12months= 480.00 for 1 year . Most people don't make 20/hr. Think about all those students who make only 4.00/hr plus tips! Anyways, a lopsided approach to America's problems will only result in more problems. There has to be synergy!!!

[Pilgrimman007]

YouTube: Where logic and reason go to die.

[ronocko]

@KrunchyJD Nope say hi to LFTR's The future of energy efficient safe and clean.

[BeaveHolio]

Wouldn't it be nice if all people were dead, then no one could be hurt.

[jpsousa4]

@TriggDev You're forgetting about the lost time it takes to travel the bus. If 30 people who take the bus lose 7 hours a week (1/2 hour lost each way per day compared to a car) and they make 20/hr then the additional cost is $215,000 a year for those 30 people, so a bus costs those 30 people 15,000 more than cars -- which is why people buy cars today: To save time, make a little more money, or be that much less hassled on the bus.

[TriggDev]

@Pernaetova21 Let's say a bus that fits 30 people costs $100,000.

And a cheap new small car costs about $10,000 to $15,000. You do the math.

[TriggDev]

This song is very narrow sighted.