Stone River....

[~Sam~]

An ecological protest song from J.J. Cale. These words have been goin' through my mind all morning...

Stone River

Stone river
Water ain't runnin' no more
Stone River
Water ain't runnin' no more
Man he done cut it off and moved it all around
There ain't no river runnin'
The water can't be found
Stone river
Water ain't runnin' no more

Fish ain't swimmin', ain't no fish around nowhere
Fish ain't swimmin', ain't nobody seems to care
They bottled up and damned it
Choked it up and canned it
Killed the life around it
They stole it like a bandit
Stone river
Water ain't runnin' no more

What used to be a river
Now is just an empty site
There ain't no vegetation
It's just an agitation it don't seem right
There ain't no trees a growin'
No animals are showin'
What used to be a stream
Is now just a dream
Stone river
Water ain't runnin' no more
Stone river
Water ain't runnin' no more

~ J.J. Cale