Let Oil Have Its Way

Duration

4:42

Genres

Roots

Lyrics

My and my brother we run a small boat taking the tourists along the coast Then came the spill and business was killed When hell was unleashed by the end of a drill Endless horizons of nightmarish black smearing the sea in relentless attack Thousands of jobs, billions of bucks No one could see that we’d run out of luck Chorus: Who in their right mind could stand up and say We must let oil have its way 4 million barrels can mess up your plans, taking your wealth or health from your hands My cousin Bob he got real sick Poisoned by chemicals poured on the slick Chorus Eddie the shrimper has just lost has just lost his wife She went to Orlando to start a new life They won’t let him fish and he can’t find no work Reduced to beg to a government clerk Chorus Disaster is always the child of free will. Just ask the birds and the fish that were killed All laid to waste a damn crying shame Look in the mirror and you know who’s to blame