‘THE TOXIC CANDY MOUNTAIN’ Trad. Adpd. Victor Kinsman ©
(As featured on his ‘Blue Planet Blues’ album )
(Chorus)
Oh we’re killin’ all the bees, an’ cuttin’ down the trees
Pollutin’ all the fountains
An’ the birds don’t sing cos’ they drank from the springs
On the Toxic Candy Mountain.
(1) Oh you gotta get away, an’ take a holiday
Escape the stress and worry
The city grime, all the noise an’ crime
And the rat race makin’ money.
So you find a little beach way out of reach
You buy a con-do-minium
But before you know, it’s ‘the place to go’
An’ the folks arrive in millions…..Oh,we’re……….............. (Chorus)
(2) Oh we work an’ toil to buy the oil
To keep our engines turning
So the cars an’ planes, the trucks an’ trains,
Just keep our money burning (and)
As the ozone goes, the world below
Heats up in confusion
While the powers that be, tell you an’ me
They’ve reached the same conclusion,…..Oh,we’re…………..(Chorus)
(3) Oh we’re sellin’ lots of guns to everyone
To fight instead of farming
While half the world is overweight
The other half is starvin’
And as bin bags ride on the rising tides
They say it’s not too drastic
Cos’ the wildlife might evolve to eat
The sewerage and the plastic……………..Oh, we’re………… (Chorus)
(4) So we watch T.V. each day to see ?)
If things just might get better
But between the news, commercials queue
To get us more indebted, sayin’…..
You gotta get away, an’ take a holiday
Escape the stress an’ worry,The city grime, the noise an’ crime
And the rat race makin’ money ……………Oh we’re…..……. (Chorus)
…………………………………… End …………………………………….
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