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I'll Be Gone

from Sometime a Spark by Marc Black

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This song features a true telling of an anti-fracking show at a nightclub in Central Pennsylvania. Kind of unbelievable.

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I was traveling' around the country, singing' my anti-fracking song
In a club in Pennsylvania about to go on
The owner came over and got right up in my face
Don't sing that song boy, not in my place

I said, don’t you know your state is gonna wind up poor
When the corporation's done with you, they'll just walk out the door
First they took your lumber and then they took your coal
By the time they get your gas, they'll probably have your soul

He looked at me, like I was the dumbest thing he'd ever seen
He said, 'I already leased my land to the Gas Company
I'm drivin' a BMW and livin' it up in my new home
And by the time it hits the fan, I figure…I'll be gone.

CHORUS:
he was singing'
I'll be gone, you'll be gone
(He was singing' our Country's saddest song)
Everything is fine as long as I get mine and
By the time it hits the fan, I'll be gone

Everybody's talkin' 'bout global climate change
So much blah blah blah it's hurtin' my brain
Scientist get paid to agree with the man
Confusin' us, keepin' us from doin' what we can

And those Wall Street tycoons got a big idea
They could sell us lies as long as the lies were totally unclear
Tell 'em 'this don't seem right', they say 'you got it all wrong'
And by the time we for sure, they figure…they'll be gone


and they're singing':
I'll be gone, you'll be gone
(They are singing' our Country's saddest song)
Everything is fine as long as I get mine and
By the time it hits the fan, I'll be gone


Now our governor, Mr. Cuomo could stop frackin' in our State
There's still time for truth and to put on the breaks
He's no dummy, he knows the danger, but no stranger to the greed
Risking precious New York water, for no good reason and no need

He thinks he knows where his interests lie
He could fight the corporation, but he just won't try
He thinking' about the white house and movin' on
by the time it hits the fan, he figures…he'll be gone.

CHORUS:
he is singing'
I'll be gone, you'll be gone
(He's belting' out our Country's saddest song)
Everything is fine as long as I get mine and
By the time it hits the fan, I'll be gone

By the time it hits (it's a sad song)
By the time it hits (goes on and on)
By the time it hits the fan
(just get out here now)
(we got work to do)
(and the way i see it, we don't need you)
It's already hitting' the fan, please be gone.

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from Sometime a Spark, released March 2, 2021

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Marc Black Katonah, New York

Marc plays a finger style blues in the traditions of Mississippi Hurt and the great Tim Hardin. Right up to Covid, he was a proud road warrior, inducted into the New York Chapter of the Blues Hall of Fame in June of 2014. As WFUV DJ, John Platt wrote about Marc. "We need to hear his songs now more than ever." ... more

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