(Track #3 from Home Town)

All They Say Is Progress

By Frank Meyer

Verse 1

Well, I hear the shell fish are dyin'

Down on the ocean floor

And I hear there is garbage

Washin' up that Jersey shore

And I hear the oil slicks are awful big

Down off of Galveston

And I hear the place that's worst of all

Is that harbor in B-Town

Chorus

Yet, all they say is, "Progress!

"We're gettin' better every day."

Well, there sure seems to be a difference

In what I hear and what they say.

In what I hear and what they say.

Verse 2

Well, I hear they got these CFC's

Ruinin' the atmosphere

And I hear that our ozone

Well, it just might disappear

And I hear they got these tannin' booths

That brown your skin real fast

And I hear that the tan you get

Well, it just could be your last

Chorus

Break

Verse 3

Well, I hear that the food we eat

Is sprayed with pesticides

And I hear it is harmless

'Cause only the birds die

And I hear they got these dumpin' grounds

That produce glowin' snakes

And I hear that this acid rain

Is killin' all our lakes

Chorus

Verse 4

Well, I hear that there's radon

Down beneath my feet

And I hear soon a greenhouse

Will be on every street

And I hear they got the power plants

Under control

And I hear land is awfully cheap

Outside Chernobyl

Chorus

Chorus

©1993 Frank Meyer