Cesspools in Eden lyrics

Poison is bubbling beneath your dream home

Buried there years before

Kid runs in crying from playing in the garden

"Mommy, I burned my hands"

What's making our eyes so itchy?

Don't rub 'em, they'll swell up

Oh oh oh oh, it's a big waste dump

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

We built your ticky-tacky houses on landfill soil

To cover up a gift we left you years before

Of toxic chemicals and leaking gas

Just dig a little while, you'll find our acid baths

Cesspools in Eden

Oozing away

Groundwater's poisoned, air stings like hell

The lines for doctors grow long

Over martinis the company laughs

We don't owe you a damn thing

But what about all these fainting spells?

How'd you like a lick from my open sores?

And oh... oh oh oh, why are our babies stillborn?

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

A storage tank's leaking, it's about to explode

Why evacuate when you can watch the fun?

Nothing happens here, get out the lawn chairs

We'll drink pink lemonade and watch Martinez burn

Cesspools in Eden

Oozing away

Leak by the day

Cesspools in Eden

Leak by the day

The land we sold you is right atop our acid pits

We fill them by the truckload in the dead of night

There's a thousand more toxic tips of the iceberg

We pay a little bribe or we just don't report them

And see what you get?

Cesspools in Eden

In Eden

No accident, just a little of our greed-fueled negligence

So you've found the proof why your cancer rate's shot up

What are you gonna do when we've got all the cards?

Times Beach, Rocky Flats, Love Canal and Bhopal

Merry Christmas, hostages, from the folks that care

Cesspools in Eden

In Eden

In Eden

In Eden

Have a nice day

• Artist:Dead Kennedys
• Album:Bedtime for Democracy (1986)