Farewell… by Amergin (Tune: Hobo's Lullaby) Farewell, my weary steel mill Let your foundries slowly die; The gates are closing behind me As I wipe tears in my eyes. PGE jacked their rates up; EPA decreased the water flow. There're forest fires in Idaho All the reasons they need to know. Workers at Kaiser are still striking For jobs that are barely even there; The corporations are now laughing At the worried faces everywhere. Now the smoke is no longer rising The emptiness is bearing down; The mill is in a blanket of darkness As the car slowly leaves the town….
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