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I never cared for heaven so well
As this planet where animals dwell
Birds flying high on a summer breeze
Billions of trees all buzzing with bees
And all these angels glued to the ground
Smiling and laughing making their sounds
Learning to love learning to speak
How to use thumbs and stand on two feet

Under our feet lay mountains of stone
Deeper we dug, ground flesh into bone
Satisfying those curious minds
Building our homes and challenging time
Under that stone lay mountains of coal
Beautiful gifts from forests of old
Using that fuel we heated our homes
Keeping our children safe and warm
Healthy and warm we all grew up strong
Reading and writing singing new songs
Bettering tools preserving our hands
Harvesting love while murdering land
So we dug deeper churning the soil
Ovens and cisterns burning to boil
Drilling down deep to reap the bees’ toil
Under that dirt lay an ocean of oil

Ninety-nine barrels under the ground
Drill a few up and pass them around
Eighty-five Ninety-six million barrels a day
Burning our cold and troubles away
When they hike up the price at the pumps
No other choice but fueling her up
Now will you listen now will you trust
Darkening skies with clouds swelling up
Stuck in between the earth and the air
Poisoning both with barely a care
We burned the ground up into the sky
Then wondered what happened to the sunshine
Wondered what happened to all the trees
Wondering what became of the bees
Where did those mountain majesties go
Didn’t that low tide used to be low

But you burned but you burned all the mountains
And you turned all the ice into oceans
Just to poison the air that we breathe in
Now dark black clouds are closing in

I never cared for heaven so well
As this planet where animals dwell
Smiling and laughing making their sounds
All of these angels glued to the ground

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from American Millennial Cowboy, track released July 6, 2017

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This Criminal Soul New Haven, Connecticut

Born out of the theatrical project The Devil Plays Poker, This Criminal Soul became the vehicle for all things Rock and Roll produced by Christoph Whitbeck.

They rock stages and melt faces in the New Haven area and beyond. ... more

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