Dead Kennedys - Cesspools in Eden lyrics
[Dead Kennedys - Cesspools in Eden lyrics]
Poison is bubbling beneath your dream home
Buried there years before
Kid runs in crying from playing in the garden
"Mommy, I burned my hands"
What's making our eyes so itchy?
Don't rub 'em, they'll swell up
Oh, it's a big waste dump oh yeah, oh yeah
We built your ticky tacky
Houses on landfill soil
To cover up a gift we left you years before
Of toxic chemicals and leaking gas
Just dig a little while
You'll find our acid baths
Cesspools in Eden oozing away
Groundwater's poisoned, air stings like hell
The lines for doctors grow long
Over martinis the company laughs
We don't owe you a damn thing
But what about all these fainting spells?
How'd you like a lick from my open sores?
And oh, why are our babies stillborn?
Oh yeah, oh yeah
A storage tank's leaking
It's about to explode
Why evacuate when you can watch the fun?
Nothing happens here, get out the lawn chairs
We'll drink pink lemonade and
Watch Martinez burn
Cesspools in Eden oozing away
Leak by the day
The land we sold you is
Right atop our acid pit's
We fill them by the truckload
In the dead of night
There's a thousand more toxic
Tips of the iceberg we pay a little bribe or
We just don't report them
And see what you get?
Cesspools in Eden in Eden
No accident
Just a little of our greed-fueled negligence
So you've found the proof why
Your cancer rate's shot up
What are you gonna do when
We've got all the cards?
Times Beach, Rocky Flats
Love Canal and Bhopal
Merry Christmas, hostages
From the folks that care
Cesspools in Eden cesspools in Eden
Cesspools in Eden cesspools in Eden
Have a nice day
Buried there years before
Kid runs in crying from playing in the garden
"Mommy, I burned my hands"
What's making our eyes so itchy?
Don't rub 'em, they'll swell up
Oh, it's a big waste dump oh yeah, oh yeah
We built your ticky tacky
Houses on landfill soil
To cover up a gift we left you years before
Of toxic chemicals and leaking gas
Just dig a little while
You'll find our acid baths
Cesspools in Eden oozing away
Groundwater's poisoned, air stings like hell
The lines for doctors grow long
Over martinis the company laughs
We don't owe you a damn thing
But what about all these fainting spells?
How'd you like a lick from my open sores?
And oh, why are our babies stillborn?
Oh yeah, oh yeah
A storage tank's leaking
It's about to explode
Why evacuate when you can watch the fun?
Nothing happens here, get out the lawn chairs
We'll drink pink lemonade and
Watch Martinez burn
Cesspools in Eden oozing away
Leak by the day
The land we sold you is
Right atop our acid pit's
We fill them by the truckload
In the dead of night
There's a thousand more toxic
Tips of the iceberg we pay a little bribe or
We just don't report them
And see what you get?
Cesspools in Eden in Eden
No accident
Just a little of our greed-fueled negligence
So you've found the proof why
Your cancer rate's shot up
What are you gonna do when
We've got all the cards?
Times Beach, Rocky Flats
Love Canal and Bhopal
Merry Christmas, hostages
From the folks that care
Cesspools in Eden cesspools in Eden
Cesspools in Eden cesspools in Eden
Have a nice day