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THE FAUCET'S ON FIRE
words and music
​copyright © 2015 by

Roy Zimmerman
          The gas is cheap, the house is warm
          The neighbor’s sick and the faucet’s on fire!


We found a pocket of natural gas
So naturally, we had to frack it

Drilling a thousand feet under your ass

Making a thunderous racket


Filling your pipes with contaminants

Like we don’t give a damn, an’ it’s true


          ‘Cause the gas is cheap, the house is warm

          The neighbor’s sick and the faucet’s on fire!

We want you to know your concerns have been heard
So cheer us and spare us the lectures

Our water supply engineers have assured

Us that we already wrecked yours


So if your bathroom basin is volatile

Light it up, and we’ll call it a lamp


          ‘Cause the gas is cheap, the house is warm

          The neighbor’s sick and the faucet’s on fire!


          The gas is cheap, the clothes are dry

          The dog is dead and the faucet’s on fire!


Now you were concerned for your children

And you thought that they’d

Be afraid


But they roasted marshmallows

At the same time as they made

Lemonade


Oh, what a future we promise you

It’s a future of wonderful benefits

And we wish you the best of luck suing us then if it’s not

Big corporate dividends, that’s what you smell
And that’s a relief when you’re choking

And if we’ve given you cancer, ah well

At least we have helped you quit smoking

(Near the faucet, anyway)


The whole thing is so frackin’ natural

It’s a miracle that you’re alive


          ‘Cause the gas is cheap, the house is warm
          The neighbor’s sick, the roses are brown
          And the boss is rich, the dog is dead
          There’s a hole in the sky and an ache in your head

          And the house won’t sell because of the smell
          And the EPA is AWOL

          But the clothes are dry, the food is cooked
          The shower is hot…
          Because it’s on fire!


​"THE FAUCET'S ON FIRE!" is on the new double-album release THIS MACHINE: THE BEST OF ROY ZIMMERMAN, and on the album THE FAUCET'S ON FIRE!, available as a CD, as a digital download and as part of the Complete Collection.
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