Evacuation chords by
Tom Paxton
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
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This is one of the more recent songs,
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a song I wrote about something hap
pening on Long Island,
although I think it probably has
a bearing on the rest of the country
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as well, if indeed not the world.
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We have a nuclear power plant
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on Long Island
which we've so far blocked from opening.
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Do they have nuclear power this
far west?
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How naive of me.
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Anyhow, it's a place called Shoreham,
and it belongs to the Long Island
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Lighting Company
known as Lilco,
which has assured us,
residents of Long Island,
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that we need not fear any catastrophe
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because, after all, we're the presidents.
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But if anything,
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God forbid, should go wrong,
not to worry
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because we'll all be evacuated
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from Long Island.
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In utter safety and in perfect
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order
apparently, according to them,
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they've run a test and it worked. worked.
So even though I was immensely reassured,
I still felt called upon
to write a little song.
If you're doing up some cookies
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and the whistle starts to blow,
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and the kids are at the movies
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an d you got three feet of snow,
you can jump into the Volvo
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and go find your family,
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then you'll head for
the expressway
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where the going's always free.
For the honchos a little ill cohabit
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till we have a plan
if there's trouble out at Shoreham
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every woman child or man
can be sure of reaching safety
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can come it out of the cold
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not one person will have problems
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if they'll do as they are told
evacuation
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evacuation
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they say we'll all have time
to pack our bags
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and head for safer ground
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evacuation
evacuation
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we might as well prepare to walk across
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Long Island sound.
We are living on an island
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just in case it slipped their minds.
When a person wants to leave it,
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here is what that person finds.
There are just so many bridges,
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there are just so many boats.
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So unless you own a chopper,
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well, I hope your tushy floats.
Evacuation,
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evacuation,
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they say we'll all have time
to pack our bags
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and head for safer ground.
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Evacuation!
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Evacuation!
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We might as well prepare to walk
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across Long Island Sound
Every time it starts to sprinkle
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and the wind begins to blow
First the lights begin to flicker,
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then the power starts to go
As I sit here lighting candles,
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I see Shoreham by the sea
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If they run that like they run this,
then they've seen the
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last of me
Evacuation, evacuation
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They say we'll all have time
to pack our bags
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and head for safer ground
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Evacuation, evacuation
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We might as well prepare to walk
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across Long Island Sound ?
This is for Wally.
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