No Small Moments - "Smoke Gets in Our Eyes" - August 16, 2026

No Small Moments

“Smoke Gets in Our Eyes”

©Hubcatstide2026

New lyrics to the oldie goldie by The Platters – during the Okanagan Fires 2026

Verse 1

You ask me how I know

Our Earth’s heart is breaking

Of course we reply, “Something deep inside

cannot be denied”

What do we do about what we have done?

Verse 2

Some say this isn’t so

Greed chooses blindness, we know

When our hearts catch on fire because of hers

Smoke gets in our eyes

Bridge:

Does greed laugh at evacuees?

Silenced when greed has to flee

to the ones it did not believe

Verse 3:

Excuses burn away

for selfishness at play

So, we cry and say, we will do anything

While smoke gets in our eyes.