account of Exxon Mobile's oil link in Mayflower
acoustic
folk
social commentary
political satire
western massachusetts
oil
coal
climate change
fracking
incineration
music for social change
nuclear energy
Story behind the song
Exxon Mobile's oil spill in Mayflower, AR made the community a sacrifice zone.
Lyrics
A good oil comp’ny has oil deliv’ry comin right to your door.
Flow down the street, over the curb, cover your kitchen floor
It’s Exxon Mobil oil on demand, whether you want it or not
Just ask the folks of Mayflower, AR who got more than they want.
A good fracking pipeline delivers the gas right to your kitchen sink.
A quick way to make fire water; easier than a still, don’t you think?
And that Bitchimen tarsands creates new habitat as to the Gulf it snakes
Making for birds, the fish and the mammals, little Bitchimen lakes.
No more lawn to mow, ever again, labor saving you see
No mosquito bites, and bugs that light, never get stung by a bee
No more weeds to pull in the garden, no dandylions on the lawn
You can get all this in Mayflower and buy a home for a song.
Let’s thank the white House and Congress for protecting the planet for kids
Watchin em pocketin money they’re profitin from takin corporate bids.
If you look at their hands, you’ll find tarsands smearing palms with payola grease
Just keep voting for Wall Street till life’s obsolete – watch the CO2 increase
Obama & Romney, Hillary& Jeb, both sides of the aisle
Been layin that pipeline year after year; layin it mile after mile
And what does Obama now know
That he didn’t know 6 years ago?
As they lay that pipeline from shore to shore
Talk to the people in Mayflower, Arkansas who don’t live there anymore.