Tom Paxton - Let the Sunshine lyrics
[Tom Paxton - Let the Sunshine lyrics]
All of the fat cats, fur coats, brass hats
Got a big investment in the energy scam
Tell it to the banker, buy a supertanker
Where you get the money? Well
You get it off of Sam
Let Uncle sign a note, fill up your big boat
You bring it to the harbor then
You let it sit a while
You won't have too long to
Wait until the prices escalate
And then you sell your oil and
You make yourself a pile
Then you can allow yourself to smile
Let the sunshine heat up the water
Let all the water turn into steam
Let the steam drive all the generators
Keepin' all the engines hummin' like a dream
What the boys don't want, can't have
Won't want
Don't want anybody gettin' power from the sun
No way to squeeze tight
Corner all the sunlight
Wrap it up and sell it, yes
And charge everyone
Everyday it rises in the skies -
You can bet on it you can set your watch by
It - happens every time
Shines on the poor folks, my folks
Your folks happens every morning and it
Doesn't cost a dime
And that to the hustlers is a crime
Let the sunshine heat up the water
Let all the water turn into steam
Let the steam drive all the generators
Keepin' all the engines hummin' like a dream
We go to the Arab, runnin' up a big tab
Payin' through the nose till
The hose runs dry
Arab rears back, buys another Caddillac
Shadin' his eyes from the sun in the sky
Hook up the sunlight
Tell the Arab nighty night
We don't need a hose and
We don't need his spout
No need to lose it once you learn to use it
You've got yourself a power
That'll never run out
Now you can allow yourself to shout:
Let the sunshine heat up the water
Let all the water turn into steam
Let the steam drive all the generators
Keepin' all the engines hummin' like a dream
Got a big investment in the energy scam
Tell it to the banker, buy a supertanker
Where you get the money? Well
You get it off of Sam
Let Uncle sign a note, fill up your big boat
You bring it to the harbor then
You let it sit a while
You won't have too long to
Wait until the prices escalate
And then you sell your oil and
You make yourself a pile
Then you can allow yourself to smile
Let the sunshine heat up the water
Let all the water turn into steam
Let the steam drive all the generators
Keepin' all the engines hummin' like a dream
What the boys don't want, can't have
Won't want
Don't want anybody gettin' power from the sun
No way to squeeze tight
Corner all the sunlight
Wrap it up and sell it, yes
And charge everyone
Everyday it rises in the skies -
You can bet on it you can set your watch by
It - happens every time
Shines on the poor folks, my folks
Your folks happens every morning and it
Doesn't cost a dime
And that to the hustlers is a crime
Let the sunshine heat up the water
Let all the water turn into steam
Let the steam drive all the generators
Keepin' all the engines hummin' like a dream
We go to the Arab, runnin' up a big tab
Payin' through the nose till
The hose runs dry
Arab rears back, buys another Caddillac
Shadin' his eyes from the sun in the sky
Hook up the sunlight
Tell the Arab nighty night
We don't need a hose and
We don't need his spout
No need to lose it once you learn to use it
You've got yourself a power
That'll never run out
Now you can allow yourself to shout:
Let the sunshine heat up the water
Let all the water turn into steam
Let the steam drive all the generators
Keepin' all the engines hummin' like a dream