We know the truth. The Wind Developers know the truth. Wouldn’t it be refreshing if they just came out and told the truth?
DC
I know it’s wrong
But I really don’t care
It isn’t my home
I don’t live up there
I’m making money
Stealing Tax Payer’s green
And I don’t live there
You know what I mean
I know it’s wrong
To kill bats and birds
To slaughter them all
Like the old cattle herds
Lemmings and Mayflies
Deer and Bear too
I won’t let them keep me
From what I want to do
I know it’s wrong
To mud up the brooks
But we don’t give a damn
Me, and my fellow crooks
The Trout and the Salmon
And the Fisherman too
They’ve no right to keep me
From what I want to do
I know it’s wrong
To de-value the land
But to torment the locals
Is all part of the plan
If they can’t live there
Then they’ll move away
With no neighbors to scream
LURC is easy to sway
I know it’s wrong
To destroy local jobs
But I don’t give a damn
For those local slobs
I’ll just tell them ‘it’s green’
And smile and grin
I’ll promise them jobs
While their children grow thin
I know it’s wrong
To steal Public Money
But this new wind scam
Is all milk and honey
I can rape Mountains
And defile the hills
As long as I say
‘it stops oil spills’
I know it’s wrong
To lie and to cheat
But it’s my turn to suck
From the Government teat
The Tax Payers pay
And so does the land
By calling it ‘green’
I get a free hand
I know it’s wrong
To call a thing ‘green’
That destroys the environment
It’s really obscene
But we simply don’t care
My partners and me
We’re just here for the money
As I’m sure you can see
I know it’s wrong
To betray Public trust
But you must understand
How for power I lust
Now we’ve got to hurry
We’ve got to be slick
I’m afraid that the people
Are on to our trick
I know it’s wrong
But I really don’t care
It isn’t my home
I don’t live up there
…painfully, beautifully written. Publish these!
Dave, your poems need to be put to music. It would be wonderful to have someone playing on a folk guitar at the Maine Mountain Heritage Project Picnic this summer at Center Hill…and singing your songs.
Thank you, both.
Dorie, there is actually a book in the works. Look for an announcement with the details coming soon.
Penny, If you know someone who can play a guitar, I’d be happy to provide the basic material. A ‘windy’ picnic at Center Hill sounds like a great way to spend a summer day!
DC
Some times truth just shines!!! I hope in their face! Connie
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