Lyrics Tom Paxton – Let The Sunshine
Text:
All of the fat cats, fur coats, brass hats
Got a big investment in the energy scam
Tell it to the banker, buy a super tanker
Where you get the money — well you get it off of Sam
You bring it to the harbour then you let it sit a while
You won’t have too long to wait, until the prices escalate
And then you sell your oil and you make yourself a pile
Then you can allow yourself to smile
Let the sun shine, heat up the water
Let all the water, a-turn into steam
Let the steam drive, all the generators
Keepin’ all the engines, hummin’ like a dream
What the boys don’t want, can’t have, won’t want
Don’t want anybody gettin’ power from the sun
No way to squeeze tight, corner all the sunlight
Wrap it up and sell it — yes and charge everyone
Every day it rises in the skies you can bet on it
You can set your watch by it; happens every time
Shines on the poor folks, my folks, your folks
Happens every morning and it doesn’t cost a dime
And that to the hustlers is a crime
Let the sun shine, heat up the water
Let all the water, a-turn into steam
Let the steam drive, all the generators
Keepin’ all the engines, hummin’ like a dream
We go to the Arab, runnin’ up a big tab
Payin’ through the nose till the hose runs dry
Arab rears back; buys another Cadillac
Shadin’ his eyes from the sun in the sky
We don’t need a hose and we don’t need his spout
No need to lose it, once you learn to use it
You’ve got yourself a power that’ll never run out
Now you can allow yourself to shout
Let the sun shine, heat up the water
Let all the water, a-turn into steam
Let the steam drive, all the generators
Keepin’ all the engines, hummin’ like a dream
Once more now —
Let the sun shine, heat up the water
Let all the water, a-turn into steam
Let the steam drive, all the generators
Keepin’ all the engines, hummin’ like a dream
