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Change (For Clean Water) [Live]

from Todd Burge Live in Parkersburg by Todd Burge

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    Recorded live at Artsbridge in Parkersburg WV in Nov of 2019.
    21 tracks including some never before released covers by Bob Dylan, George Jones and Jimmy Clinton!
    Artwork by Sophia Burge

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Change (For Clean Water)
Live at Artsbridge

I wonder what the natives thought
As Washington rode the river so pristine
Then forced to follow his direction
Be it Hell or be it Heaven
Made to swim up
His Stream

The story is as old
As the mountains, tall and green
That used to make the skyline
Of a state that once was clean

Change, change
If not it all will stay the
Same same same
Change change
We’ve got to break and make some change

Granddad had a can
From the plant along the river
On his roof (It was 1972)
Issued by some man
To measure how much toxin
That plant was letting lose

Now the numbers are all in
They’ve been crunched and wadded up
They just toss them in our river
And now our children drink it up

Change, change
If not it all will stay the
Same same same
Change change
We’ve got to break and make some change

Short term gain is taking away
Everything our great state has got to gain
And when there’s nothing left to lose
Our kids will just pack up
And simply move away

It’s true what they say
Mountaineers are always free
They’ve got freedom in their minds
With freedom to leave

Change, change
If not it all will stay the
Same same same
Change change
We’ve got to break and make some change


“In this light, the Elk River leak could be the future of many American cities -- a future in which systems failures cause local catastrophic events, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill to clean up after polluters.” Angie Rosse - Executive Director of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition in Charleston WV.


Learn how to change
www dot wvrivers dot org
http://www.wvrivers.org/

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from Todd Burge Live in Parkersburg, released November 25, 2020

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If it’s been discovered by man, West Virginia’s Todd Burge has written about it. A born ponderer and observer of life, each of his songs tells a story. Whether drawn from personal experience or a tale of poetically woven fiction, you’ll live every second of it through his songs. ... more

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