The Trade by w&m Anne Hills, April 14 2012, Raven Heart Music. Instrumentals and help recording by Don Richmond of Howlin’ Dog Studios in Alamosa, Colo.
What good is a job with no safe place to settle
What good is a big paycheck without clean water to drink
Chevron tells us that fracking’s safe, and we need the fuel
So won’t you kindly explain why the fuel’s in my sink
What good is a well that’s radioactive
What good is a family farm where earthquakes abound
BP tells us that fracking’s safe, and we shouldn’t worry
So won’t you kindly explain why it’s shaking the ground
‘Cause they promise a lot, but deliver pollution
While our government gives tax breaks, guarantees absolution
And they sold us a line about getting rich quick
Now our water’s on fire, and our families are sick
2006 photo by Colin Smith for Ezra Levant’s Magazine Western Standard but not used. Too explosive perhaps?
What good is a law if it doesn’t protect us
What good is an EPA without a thing it can do
Mobil tells us fracking’s safe for people and cattle
So won’t you kindly explain why it is we can’t sue
‘Cause they promise a lot, but deliver pollution
While our government gives tax breaks, guarantees absolution
And they sold us a line about getting rich quick
Now our water’s on fire and our neighbours are sick
So, what good is a job with no safe place to settle
What good is a big paycheck, you know I’m asking you
Chesapeake says that fracking’s safe and we need the fuel
Well, if you think it so safe, come and live where I do
Where our main street is wrecked by your trucks rolling through
Hey, you don’t just frack shale, you frack communities, too
[Refer also to:
CAPP Confession by Alex Ferguson to Calgary Herald August 2014