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lyrics

Town for Sale (E. Beaumont)

It’s just not healthy here: dust, noise, the occasional blue plume,
spots on vehicles and all over living rooms,
raspy throats, burning eyes,
sore lips but not from kissing – American Electric wouldn’t listen

At the public meeting the clerk’s lips were bleeding
Sightings of blue cloud, touchdown of blue haze,
spots on vehicles, fly ash release
This is a company town so tell the company clerk to call the company police

Now what can a poor corporation do?
Too many complaints of too much blue
from 221 residents,
down from 222

Town for sale, town for sale
Here’s 20 million dollars
Now get lost and never bother
American Electric in your miserable lives again
Town for sale, I tell you no tall tale
Get on the track now, y’all don’t come back now
Times Beach and Love Canal –
this won’t be like them at all

87-year-old lady won’t move
Neighbors played her cheap and they know it’s true
Well, company procedures won’t improve
Lord watch over that old lady – you know that she won’t move

Town for sale, town for sale
Here’s 20 million dollars
Now get lost and never bother
American Electric in your miserable lives again
Town for sale, I tell you no tall tale
Get on the track now, y’all don’t come back now
Times Beach and Love Canal –
this won’t be like them at all

Town for sale, town for sale (repeat)

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from Quality Items, released May 21, 2022
E.B.: vocal, guitars
Renato G. Umali: vocal, piano, organ
Ben Foldy: bass
Dave Cusma: trumpet
Jay Tollefson: trombone
Don Turner: baritone saxophone
Michael Koch: drumkit, vocal, maraca, tom-tom, whistling

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Eric Blowtorch Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Eric Blowtorch sings, plays, and writes reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul, rock 'n' roll, funk, Latin, disco, hip-hop, Anglo-Afropop, and jazz songs with rhythm, melody, passion, and original comic timing. E. B. plays solo, in small combos, and with a band, Eric Blowtorch and the Bodyguards. ... more

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