Sunday, April 20, 2014

"Drill, Baby, Drill"

Original Folk Song about the BP Oil Spill 

Dayne Sherman

April 20, 2014
Today is the 4th anniversary of the BP oil spill. I wrote "Drill, Baby, Drill" a few days after the disaster in 2010. Four years later, I've recorded it. Audio and lyrics below.


 

"Drill, Baby, Drill"

By Dayne Sherman
Written in Late April 2010
Recorded April 20, 2014

Lyrics


April 20, 2010
Deepwater Horizon
BP’s oil poisoned the Coast
Eleven dead in the water


Drill, baby, drill
Spill, baby, spill
Kill, baby, kill
Pelicans are dying in the Gulf
Louisiana’s sliding in the Gulf
People are crying in the Gulf


Oil's buying groceries
Oil's causing war
Oil's filling barrels
Oil's killing us


Drill, baby, drill
Spill, baby, spill
Kill, baby, kill
Pelicans are dying in the Gulf
Louisiana’s sliding in the Gulf
People are crying in the Gulf


Oil's making money
Oil's driving cars
Oil's reeking havoc
Oil's killing marsh


Drill, baby, drill
Spill, baby, spill
Kill, baby, kill
Pelicans are dying in the Gulf
Louisiana’s sliding in the Gulf
People are crying in the Gulf



Dayne Sherman resides in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. He covers the South like kudzu and promises that he never burned Atlanta. He is the author of Welcome to the Fallen Paradise: A Novel. His website is daynesherman.com.

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