This is the first video in a series of songs I've written inspired by the coal seam gas industry which is planned to expand on the Northern Rivers NSW.
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The Mighty Dollar words and music by Luke Vassella Copyright 2012
The mining company has come to town
They're here to take the gas out of the ground
And drain the water til the country's dry
They're here to poison the well, and set fire to the sky
They're here to take the gas out of the ground
And drain the water til the country's dry
They're here to poison the well, and set fire to the sky
How can I be silent watching this go down
It's a big money invasion of our people and our town
Is this still Australia that we're living in?
Friends this is a crime, this is a curse, this is a sin
It's the mighty dollar, it's high and mighty
But a corporate profit/prophet is not the Almighty
It's a big money invasion of our people and our town
Is this still Australia that we're living in?
Friends this is a crime, this is a curse, this is a sin
It's the mighty dollar, it's high and mighty
But a corporate profit/prophet is not the Almighty
Leave it in the ground! Leave it in the ground!
How can I be silent watching this go down, leave it in the ground!
How can I be silent watching this go down, leave it in the ground!
I feel it in my spirit friends, this is wrong
They've sold the country underneath us for a song
Why? Why would you waste this land away?
I hear the voice of past and future generations say
They've sold the country underneath us for a song
Why? Why would you waste this land away?
I hear the voice of past and future generations say
The mighty dollar is warm and inviting
But the safety of our food and water, that's a fight worth fighting come on!
But the safety of our food and water, that's a fight worth fighting come on!
Leave it in the ground, leave it in the ground
How can we be silent watching this go down, leave it in the ground
How can we be silent watching this go down, leave it in the ground
Leave it in the ground, we have to find a better way
Nobody believes it's safe, unless you're on company pay
Nobody believes it's safe, unless you're on company pay
We've done wrong to this land before, but not like this
If we step across this line, we're stepping into the abyss
This is a rape of our earth, this is reckless plunder
A land of greed and swindle has become the land down-under
If we step across this line, we're stepping into the abyss
This is a rape of our earth, this is reckless plunder
A land of greed and swindle has become the land down-under
I say leave it in the ground
The mighty dollar is not the Almighty!
The mighty dollar is not the Almighty!