Green grass don't grow here no more
At the bottom of the reservoir
They built a dam, filled the town like a sink
New York the island needs something to drink
it aint fair -
Mama's church and Daddy's flour mill down there
All the things I couldn't take
Now at the bottom of a Lake.
Sun doesn't rise anymore
At the bottom of the reservoir
We built a house with a family of hands
Yet some speculator has rights to the land
it aint fair -
My babies were born in a room down there
All the things I left behind
Now flood the halls of my mind.
New York City - look at your children
Did it ever cross your mind to be asking where the source is
You're so thirsty - look at your children
You don't give a damn where water comes from
You just need some
One day a steam whistle blows
For two years the rivers in flow
2,000 people abandoned their homes
Grandaddy dug up our ancestor's bones
It aint right -
Pulling up the roots of everything in sight
History, gardens, goodwill
Those devils to the south of these hills
Sick-a-the crack of the trees
Break the mountains to pave Wall Street
You think the earth gives itself up for free
Take it from here and you'll get some from me
eminent domain -
It's like a wolf tryin' to take on a train
A curse on your prettiest girl
The prettiest girl in the world
New York City - look at your children
's it ever cross your mind to be asking where the source is
You're so thirsty - look at your children
You don't give a damn where water comes from
You just need some
credits
from The Blossom Eternal,
released May 15, 2016
Lyrics and Music by Liz Dieleman
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