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Contamination In the Grass

from El Pulpo by John Davis & the Cicadas

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For more see:
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Patel, Stuffed & Starved, Chapter 6: Better Living
Through Chemistry

lyrics

Some say you’re just dirt, they wash you away
They never know the role you play
You pull nitrogen from thin air
You feed the plants, I’m glad you’re there

Your beautiful diversity
Damaged once by DDT
Monsanto owns your ass
Contamination in the grass

Elements from water who
The soil turns into plant food
The veggies shining on our plate
You’re the womb where they gestate
Some treat you like dirt, they wash you away
They’d starve without your savvy ways

Your beautiful diversity
Lost to the spread of BHC
Syngenta owns your ass
Contamination in the grass

Aldrin, Benzene Hexachloride
Arsenic, Heptachlor, but why?
Orchards and cranberry bogs
Sterile damaged lonesome frogs
Carrots soak up the most of all
Bugs Bunny don’t like that at all

Insects, microscopic mites
Break down falling leaves with bites
Earthworms let the soil breathe
Help water come on in and leave
Some say you’re just dirt, but still I say
Soil me and make my day

Abundance and diversity
Yes, some did ban DDT
Dow Chemical still owns your ass
Contamination in the beautiful diversity
Lost to the spread of BHC
Monsanto owns your ass
Contamination in the Grass

Aldrin, Benzene Hexachloride
Aresnic, Heptachlor, but why?

credits

from El Pulpo, released October 20, 2017
Drums: Andrew Levi-Hiller
Bass: Peter Hughes
Upright Piano: Louis Landry
Electronic Keyboards: John Davis
Guitars: Rob DiPatri
Backing Vocals: Wendy Allen

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John Davis & The Cicadas Durham, North Carolina

John Davis is a musician who works solo, with Folk Implosion, with a backing band called the Cicadas, and with Dennis Callaci. He also works on defending and transforming public education as a teacher - organizer with the Durham Association of Educators. ... more

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