"They're Building A Pipeline"

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"They're Building a Pipeline"

We can save these mountains, valleys, streams, and the wildlife that need them.

by Carol Denney, August 2014

"They're Building A Pipeline" slideshow of Elkins, WV http://youtu.be/Qx2wFZS5YWM
CD Baby page for the pipeline song download: http://cdbaby.com/cd/caroldenney3
www.augustacountyalliance.org for more information about how you can stop the pipeline coming through the wilderness and national parks of West Virgina, Virginia, and North Carolina.

They're Building a Pipeline, C. Denney 8-11-2014 leaving Randolph County, WV

We can save these mountains, valleys, streams, and the wildlife that need them. they're building a pipeline
through the mountains they say
saying it'll bring jobs here
with much better pay
we really need jobs here
and we need them bad
they sent overseas
all the jobs that we had
we apply for these projects
even jobs that we hate
some crew out of Texas
steps out of the gate
they tear through our mountains
they tear through our town
after the damage
they're nowhere around

We can save these mountains, valleys, streams, and the wildlife that need them. Chorus: we love our mountains
the finest on earth
no one knows better
what mountains are worth
a heart from the mountains
is a heart that is blessed
we love our mountains
we know them best

We can save these mountains, valleys, streams, and the wildlife that need them. it's a war on the mountain
it's a war on our ways
for a handful of profits
in a handful of days
sometimes it's a gas line
sometimes it's crude
the rich they get richer
and we just get used
we know how they see us
and it's no surprise
we look so small in
the company's eyes
we look like nothing
that matters to them
one more little town
they can deal a weak hand

We can save these mountains, valleys, streams, and the wildlife that need them. they're building a pipeline
through the mountains they say
though the floods have no pattern
and the goldfinches stay
the winter comes hard
after too early fall
the almanac these days
is no help at all
they say that the pipeline
will help out our town
won't be any leaks or
spills on the ground
they're calling it progress
and we understand
they're calling it progress
all over again

Chorus: we love our mountains
the finest on earth
no one knows better
what mountains are worth
a heart from the mountains
is a heart that is blessed
we love our mountains
we know them best

Carol Denney is a community activist, musician, and one of the Augusta Music Heritage Center's students and festival volunteers.If you come to West Virginia, come to Elkins for the festival and play some tunes with her.

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