Protestfest/Too Deep To Drill/original

Pine · February 12, 2012, 05:23:31 AM

Wrote this back in June 2010 not long after the big oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Used my then new metal bodied resonator with a bottleneck for the leads.
Put together fast...a bit ruff

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BLOOD IN THE WATER, FLAMES IN THE SKY
HEADLINES A READIN', ELEVEN DIE
BLACK SMOKE ARISIN', OIL IN THE SEA
I HEAR THE VOICES.."GODDAMN BP!"

BIRDS LAY A DYIN', ON BEACHES TURNIN' BLACK
THE CLOCK IS TICKIN', AND YOU CAN'T TURN IT BACK

LISTEN PEOPLE DON'T YOU KNOW BY NOW
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN SOMEHOW
YOU CAN'T RESURRECT THOSE YOU HAVE KILLED
IF IT'S TO DEEP TO FIX A LEAK...IT'S TOO DEEP TO DRILL

MARSHES AND WETLANDS, DEAD FOR YEARS TO COME
YOU CAN'T UNDO IT...THE DAMAGE THAT YOU DONE
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED, FROM THIS TRAGIC TALE?
CAN'T YOU SEE YOUR POLICIES HAVE SET YOU UP TO FAIL?

LISTEN PEOPLE DON'T YOU KNOW BY NOW
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN SOMEHOW
YOU CAN'T RESURRECT THOSE YOU HAVE KILLED
IF IT'S TOO DEEP TO FIX A LEAK...IT'S TOO DEEP TO DRILL...

Farrell Jackson · February 12, 2012, 05:46:53 AM

The resonator sounds nice and full Pine! A great subject for a protest song also. The bottle neck over the top of the resonator fits like a glove....oh yeah "if it's too deep to fix...it's too deep to drill". Good one Pine!

Farrell