Sugar Cane
catie curtis/mary gauthier 2000
I dont give a damn
What those people say
Cane smoke cant be good for you
Day after day
Every year at harvest time
Black smoke fills the sky
Get the kids and bring em home
And make em stay inside
From Thibodeaux to Raceland
Theres a fire in the fields
All the way up the bayou from Lafourche to Iberville
Dirty air dirty laundry dirty money dirty rain
Dirty dark in morning when theyre burning
Sugar cane
Christmas on the bayou
Midnight come and gone
Driving by the sugar mills
All the lights are on
Parking lot full of trucks
Inside the furnace glows
Everybodys working overtime
Its a good job even though
From Thibodeaux to Raceland
Theres a fire in the fields
All the way up the bayou from Lafourche to Iberville
Dirty air dirty laundry dirty money dirty rain
Dirty dark in morning when theyre burning
Sugar cane
First came the sugar cane
Then came Thibodeaux
King sugar built this town
Cane paved these roads
Burn the leaves, harvest fast
Thats more for the company
Nobody even thinks to ask
Nobody thinks to scream
From Thibodeaux to Raceland
Theres a fire in the fields
All the way up the bayou from Lafourche to Iberville
Dirty air dirty laundry dirty money dirty rain
Dirty dark in morning when theyre burning, burning
Ashes are falling like a dark and deadly snow
All the way up the bayou and to the gulf of Mexico
Dirty air dirty laundry dirty money dirty rain
A dirty deal with the devil and theyre burning
Burning burning sugar cane
I dont give a damn
What those people say
Cane smoke cant be good for you
Day after day
Every year at harvest time
Black smoke fills the sky
Get the kids and bring em home
And make em stay inside
From Thibodeaux to Raceland
Theres a fire in the fields
All the way up the bayou from Lafourche to Iberville
Dirty air dirty laundry dirty money dirty rain
Dirty dark in morning when theyre burning
Sugar cane
Christmas on the bayou
Midnight come and gone
Driving by the sugar mills
All the lights are on
Parking lot full of trucks
Inside the furnace glows
Everybodys working overtime
Its a good job even though
From Thibodeaux to Raceland
Theres a fire in the fields
All the way up the bayou from Lafourche to Iberville
Dirty air dirty laundry dirty money dirty rain
Dirty dark in morning when theyre burning
Sugar cane
First came the sugar cane
Then came Thibodeaux
King sugar built this town
Cane paved these roads
Burn the leaves, harvest fast
Thats more for the company
Nobody even thinks to ask
Nobody thinks to scream
From Thibodeaux to Raceland
Theres a fire in the fields
All the way up the bayou from Lafourche to Iberville
Dirty air dirty laundry dirty money dirty rain
Dirty dark in morning when theyre burning, burning
Ashes are falling like a dark and deadly snow
All the way up the bayou and to the gulf of Mexico
Dirty air dirty laundry dirty money dirty rain
A dirty deal with the devil and theyre burning
Burning burning sugar cane
Credits:
Comment from Catie:
Mary and I wrote this together. Subsequent to my recording, she edited the lyrics, and her version is available on her album "Filth and Fire"
Mary and I wrote this together. Subsequent to my recording, she edited the lyrics, and her version is available on her album "Filth and Fire"