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Yesterday

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Yesterday

all my troubles seemed so far away

then Third Energy came to say

that my house sits on Bowland Shale. 

 

Suddenly

mine’s not half the house it used to be.

There's an earthquake rolling under me

triggered by Third Energy.

 

How they messed up so 

I don’t know

they did not say.

They did something wrong 

now a pong 

comes from the mains.

 

Yesterday

children played their games out in the lane

now they need a place to hide away

when convoys come to frack the shale.

 

How they messed up so 

I don’t know

they did not say.

They did something wrong 

now a pong 

comes from the mains.

 

Yesterday 

my tap water tasted quite OK

now it's coming out a dirty grey

and I believe my health has failed

because I live on Bowland Shale.

 

fracking

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Tim Ellis

Mon 6th Nov 2017 20:49

Thanks for the comments Leon, Patricia and Stefan. I was at the Protectors camp in Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire's last weekend, and people were trying to think of songs to sing because it gets boring standing around at the gate to the fracking site all day if there's no trucks going in, so I got thinking about classic pop songs with lyrics I could subvert while driving home. Really we need something with a good singalong chorus though...maybe I'll come up with something easier.

<Deleted User> (6895)

Sat 4th Nov 2017 22:10

and us beatlemaniacs agree.



P&S xx

<Deleted User> (17847)

Sat 4th Nov 2017 17:17

what a fracking great take on my fave Beatle's song!
-t'riff Tim!

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