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chuck brodsky - seven miles upwind lyrics

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the trees up here are all a sickly brown
it’s not for lack of rain - it’s in the mist that creeps around
every night when most people are asleep
it slinks across the valley – and into everything it seeps

there’s a paper company – seven miles upwind
i sit outside on a summer’s night – it irritates my skin
i get a little dizzy – sometimes my lips go numb
i wake up in the morning i can taste it on my tongue

the paper company employs this whole d-mn town
it’d wreck a lot of families if it ever were shut down
the last city council meeting went to h-ll
neighbors turned on neighbors – people were starting to yell

the river’s fish you cannot eat
you don’t swim in the water – you don’t even dip your feet
downstream the people made a stink
fed up with being treated with a nod-nod & a wink-wink

the local paper company burns my eyes
coming from their smokestacks – you can see the vapors rise
jobs…that’s all you need to say around here
babies’ll let you kiss them and a marching band appears…jobs…

“no cause for concern,” say company personnel
“we operate within the law,” they say about the sickly smell
“i can personally guarantee they’d p-ss inspection”
says the paper candidate the company ran in the most recent election

paper company security – thanks me for my call
they will file a report – as they’re required to by law
then they ask me for my name – and my address
why they’d want to know that – is anybody’s guess

paper company puts a burning in my nose
i have to come in off my porch – pull all the windows closed
maybe i’m just a little too sensitive
maybe i ought to find myself another place to live
said the note i found tacked outside my door

- chuck brodsky lyrics

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