Mr. Morton wasn't famous or important Lived an ordinary little life He had a son named Norton, a cat named Orton And Pearl was his wife Pearl liked to shower for about an hour Little Norton never turned off lights And as for Orton the cat He wouldn't scat till they turned up the thermostat Pearl: Come on now, Orton, scat! One night, the Mortons all were watching television When they heard the news Due to energy consumption that's causing global warming, the Earth has got the blues. The arctic's melting, the sea is rising We have got to set the Earth to rights And even Orton the cat dropped his rat