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Are We Ready?

from Alone . . . With Friends by Cat Greenberg

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The 2017 Filk Ontario song contest was "First Contact" and, having heard SETI wants to start calling out to the cosmos, "We're over here!" my first thought was: We're Not Ready.

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For years SETI has patiently - Listened to the stars,
Hoping for a signal or a trace.
But now their patience has run thin - They want to advertise,
Our location to everyone in space.

Are we really ready for First Contact?
Our track record on earth is not so keen.
We've screwed up most of our terrestrial First Contacts.
What makes us think we'll get it right,
When the ones we meet are tentacled and green?

The natives of America - Could tell a tale or ten,
Of how our first contact went with them.
As Europeans judged them less - Advanced or civilized,
Disease and bigotry saw them condemned.

Are we really ready for First Contact?
Our track record shows we don't have a clue.
We've screwed up most of our terrestrial First Contacts.
What makes us think we'll get it right,
When the ones we meet breathe methane and are blue?

Captain Cook said the Aboriginals - Just want us gone,
But he did not respect their rights or claim.
Setting up a penal colony - Without native consent,
The way he treated them a bloody shame.

Are we really ready for First Contact?
Our record shows we know less than we think.
We've screwed up most of our terrestrial First Contacts.
What makes us think we'll get it right,
When the ones we meet are ten feet tall and pink?

Now if we tell the universe - We want to have contact,
It's likely they won't get the message soon.
So there's hope by then we'll learn - To be more tolerant,
Seeing past the differences to commune.

Maybe then we'll be ready for First Contact;
Learn from our dismal record and adjust.
Do a better job with extra terrestrial First Contact.
And think before we act for once,
Cause we might get just one chance to earn their trust.

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from Alone . . . With Friends, released September 1, 2020
Words and Music By Sandra Greenberg Arr. by Cathy McManamon
©2018 Mountain Cat Media LLC

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Cat Greenberg St. Louis, Missouri

Cat Greenberg is a writer and singer/songwriter from the St. Louis, MO area where she lives with cats, a dog and her youngest child, Aidan. Alone, With Friends is her first solo album. Her 2 previous albums are: Romancing the Filk, with her late husband, Bari, and Accidental Filk Band, with their band The Unusual Suspects. Cat also works with Canticles Productions (www.canticlesproductions.com) ... more

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