David Rovics - Mudslide lyrics

(Verse) Before the pioneers came all the way out here To set up camp to farm, to hunt and mine By the riverbanks others joined their ranks And worked the land and forests, rain or shine That's how things once were there among the Douglas Fir That blanketed the region, far and wide It's the story of a mountainside (Verse 2) Soon the situation changed, lots of lumber mills in range And logging was the way men made their way Such demand for wood soon barely a tree stood When rain fell down from skies of grey Turns out the trees they made the hill, loose mud just won't stay still And pretty soon it all began to slide It's the story of a mountainside sponsored links (Verse 3) Fertile hilltops turned to stone but the second growth had grown Decades pa**ed and corporations came Some people tried to tell this would not end well But when profit rules it's always the same There's no valley that's too deep, there's no hill that is too steep No regulator's pockets can't be plied It's the story of a mountainside (Verse 4) Once the hill was cut and flayed there were still profits to be made By selling land to folks to live out in the country With the river still so pretty and there just north of the city Go raise your kids in rural harmony It was the last place they would go, the last home they'd ever know When the hill collapsed and half the village died It's the story of a mountainside