Good Clean Water

from The Heavy Wait by David Simard

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lyrics

Pull the pump up, push the pump down
Pull the good clean water up from the ground
Don't care how much in the city they pay
I drink the good clean water here every day

Down the path few feet have trod
To fiddler's creek with my fishing rod
They got the best damn sushi in Vancouver, they say
But in the good clean water's where the fishes lay
Yes in the good clean water's where the fishes lay

Oh good clean water
How sad I'll be
When I'm without her
Just like BP

Birds and berries, bears and cherries
Cottonwood and crab apple trees
Gets as hot as Montreal some days
But the good clean water helps the green to stay
Yes the good clean water helps the green to stay

But up in Alberta there's a hole in the ground
And lots of money - they wanna spread it around
Pipe it to the BC coast if they please
And ship it overseas

But if the oil's so good why don't we keep it here
For the good old boys and our engineers
Instead of making jobs so we can give 'em away
And it's the good clean water that'll have to pay
Yes it's the good clean water that'll have to pay

Oh good clean water
How sad I'll be
When I'm without her
Just like BP

Oh good clean water
How sad I'll be
When I'm without her
Exxon-Valdez

Pull the pump up, push the pump down
Pull the good clean water up from the ground
Don't care how much in the city they pay
I drink the good clean water here every day
And in the good clean water's where the fishes lay
And it's the good clean water helps the green to stay
And it's the good clean water that'll have to pay

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from The Heavy Wait, released August 5, 2016
Patrick Latreille: Double bass
Evan Tighe: Drums
David Simard: Guitars, Piano & Voice
Aurélien Naffrichoux: Lap Steel Guitar

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"Simard channels a deft folk crooner with sensitivity … and a little bit of mischief." (Artswells Music Festival).

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