Alberta

Norwegian singer-songwriter-guitarist Tommy Tokyo in Alberta, a protest song about the Alberta tar sands.  Video via Greenpeace Norway.

 

Alberta (lyrics)

Sifting for our fortune in the soil of the land
It´s the "peak-oil" era, and the tar-sand
indians and buffaloes are soon without a land
Alberta
--
Suits are in denial and the moneys piling up
supply your good neighbor and you´ll rocket to the top
there´s no water left in the fresh water cup
Alberta
--
Oh...won´t you see what´s proved and true
is the money that good to you
that you´re wiling to subdue
the nation
the nation
--
People lining up like exclamation marks
trying to save their homes, the plains and the parks
hiding in the scrapers are the money sharks
Alberta
--
What am I to do I´m just a tiny man
who feels like speaking up to the rulers of the land
Alberta don´t deal in tar-sand
Alberta don´t deal in tar-sand
Alberta
--
Ah...won´t you see what´s proved and true
is the money that good to you
that you´re wiling to subdue
the nation
the nation
the nation
"peak oil"

- Tommy Tokyo