Mountaintop Removal

My darling my dear

I tell you what is wrong

I went to the mountain

But the mountain top was gone

Remember those trees

Where as kids we dreamed

They tore em down years ago

And built a factory

And when that plant closed

The workers all left town

I read in the paper that

Some kids were killed

When it burnt down

Now I stare at that field

Like circle in the earth

And nothing’ll grow now

That’s not soil

It’s just dirt

And I cant stand it

What’s the use in making something new

If all that made us must be ruined

I cant demand it

I got nothing but

Mounting debt and fear

I scratch my head wondering

How we got here

America

American

What are we doing

America

I am American

Please can we start again

Mountaintop removal

Shames our name

Darling my dear

I tell you what is right

The moon on the lake

And swimming by its light

Darling my dear

I tell you what is wrong

I went to the mountain

But the mountain top was gone

And I cant stand it

What’s the use in making something new

If all that made us must be ruined

I cant demand shit

I got nothing

But mounting debt and fear

We scratch our heads

Wondering how we got here

America

Americans

What are we doing

America

I am American

Please can we start again

America

Americans

Think of your children

America

Americans

What th’hell are we doin’

And darlin’ my dear

I tell you what is wrong

I went to the mountain

But the mountain top was gone

Mountaintop removal

Shames our name