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Water Is Rising

from When I Stayed Home by JAMES GORDON

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written for "James Gordon's Emergency Climate Musical" this song details the impacts of, guess what, climate change

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Winters are colder
And the summer’s too warm
Seems like every season,
We get a hundred-year storm
Water is rising, water is rising

The fishery’s gone
And the tourists are too
We had to sell the store
What else can we do?
Water is rising, water is rising

They tell us not to worry, things like this happen
It’ll be better next year
But they said that about the buffalo
I think we’ve heard enough to know
That the good old days aren’t comin’ back ‘round here

My brother in Vicksburg
Says the fields are too wet
They won’t get off a crop
But you-know-who says it ain’t bad yet
Water is rising, water is rising

Out on the coast,
They’ve got wildfires and drought
How can anybody say
That they still have their doubts
Water is rising, water is rising

Over in Africa
They’re getting it the worst
Why does it always seem
That the poor folks get it first?
Water is rising, water is rising

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from When I Stayed Home, released July 14, 2021

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JAMES GORDON Guelph, Ontario

James Gordon is a Canadian songwriter/playwright/musician/producer/author and community activist. Co-founder of the legendary Canadian folk trio Tamarack, He’s released 40 albums in 40 years!
His newest release on Borealis Records- "the Heritage Hall Sessions" has been very well received world-wide. James Moonlights as a CIty Councillor in his hometown of Guelph, Ontario. www.jamesgordon.ca ... more

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