(Keystone XL pipeline).
(tune: Beverly Hillbillies)
Come listen to a story ‘bout Alberta Tar Sands
In a western province of wheat-growin’ lands
Tycoons found a complement for their blue blood
Down in the ground was some tar sand crud
Spoken:
Oil, that is, dirty oil, Pollution tea, toxic sludge…
water waste…tailing ponds…
I never swim in ammonia….if it’s mixed with cyanide….
Well the first thing you know TransCanada was there
Corporation said better move the tar but where?
Turns out Texas is the place where they refine
So they fueled up their tools and built a pipeline
Spoken:
Oil spillin’, river ruinin’, petroleum dependin’
Climate killin’…acidic….corrosive…volatile…unstable…
like its builders….fossil fools.
They say if you build it, it will spill
You can tweak but it’ll leak and wildlife it’ll kill
Runs through an aquifer we can’t live without
Will the planet survive oil industry clout?
Spoken:
Let’s hear it for long-term strategies for energy sanity!
Now let’s hear it for short-term profits!
How a-bout that destruction of indigenous lands?
Puttin’ that much sulfur and acid in a pipe – what they been smoking?!
(Slower rhythm:)
Is it time to say good-bye to atmosphere and earth?
We would like to thank you folks fer shoutin’ what it’s worth
You’re all invited back again to this locality
To share a heapin helpin of your solidarity
Spoken:
Earth-savin’, that is. Set a spell. Civil disobedience.
Y’all save the planet, y’hear?
So I’m offering this warm refrain
The mercury’s at 92
Foggy Scotland’s shores are now hot as Bahrain
Scary business melting me and you