Black Gold
/In April 2010, the BP Oil Spill devastated the US Gulf Coast - an environmental disaster the region is still recovering from. Evidence showed the tragedy was compounded by corporate greed to cut construction and operational costs of deep water drilling - and in the years since, regulatory measures to address deficiencies have been rolled back, making another such disaster possible. "Black Gold" is a song lyric telling the story of the BP Oil Spill from this perspective. An acoustic version of the song can be found here: https://youtu.be/NuOrn3UG0LU
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[Verse 1]
Deep ‘neath the waters all ‘cross the Gulf of Mexico
Lies buried a vast sea of oil that’s countless years old
There’s greedy men b’lieve with no doubt
It’s their destiny to pump that crude out
They’re chasing their fortunes in currency they call Black Gold
[Chorus]
Black Gold
They crave wealth and riches untold
Environment need only be sold
For Black Gold
[Verse 2]
Business and profits come first, nature and safety last
Disaster’s inev’table, fate fell with a shattering blast
That fire blew a wellhead away
There’s five million barrels of oil dumped in the waves
And in that explosion eleven men from this life passed
[Chorus:]
For Black Gold
The Gulf will now reap what they’ve sewed
A harvest of death, grief and woe
For Black Gold
[Bridge]
Sixty-eight thousand square miles of sea poisoned by man
Wetlands befouled, sludge and tarballs wash up on beach sand
Sea turtles, crabs, dolphins die at ten times normal rates
Dead zones created, fish stocks decimated
All life of the Gulf’s in a perilous state
For Black Gold For Black Gold
[Verse 3]
Years have passed and the Gulf still feels that oil spill’s pain
But Govt regulations and industry practice hadn’t changed
Them greedy men’s in the Gulf still
They’re chantin’ their mantra, it’s, “drill, baby, drill”
And if we don’t stop them, they’ll do it again and again
[Chorus]
For Black Gold
Deep drilling, if left uncontrolled
Envi’ment will pay a cruel toll
For Black Gold
Protecting Nature’s our goal
A Gulf clean, healthy and whole
And savin’ the Earth’s very soul
Of Black Gold
By Mike Turner
From: United States
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