Metal Drums

Lyrics

[Verse 1] From the time he was a kid Mark O'Donnell and his buddies would Play in the pasture behind their neighborhood There were acres of vacant land And they played as only children can Ooh, by the pasture [Verse 2] Out in the long tall grass Metal drums were lying in the broken glass The kids would play with the stuff inside them They'd get in and around End up spinning around in the summer ground Ooh, in the pasture [Chorus] Ooh, they were playing with the metal drums Ah, banging on the mеtal drums now Ooh, beat that metal drum a little fastеr [Verse 3] Now in the town of Holbrook, Mass You're lucky if you get a chance To get a good job and make a few bucks And it's Baird and McClair They run that chemical plant way down there Ooh, by the pasture [Chorus] Ooh, they were playing with the metal drums Ah, banging on the metal drums now Ooh, beat that metal drum a little faster [Verse 4] Joanne O'Donnell had five kids Every one but one of them kids got sick She was hard pressed for answers There was a street on the other side of town Where all the doctors found Every other woman died of cancer [Chorus] Ooh, they were playing with the metal drums Ah, banging on the metal drums now Ooh, beat that metal drum a little faster [Bridge] News broke like lightning across a red-hot sky In the blue TV light Joanne O'Donnell cried Seemed like a kiss of death was hanging in the air The whole town found out they'd been poisoned for years [Guitar Solo] [Fiddle Solo] [Verse 5] The environmental plan Put the site on the list of the big top ten To the tune of sixty-three million Thanks to the women and the wives There's a chain link fence up there about eight feet high But that won't bring back their children [Verse 6] As for Baird and McClair All the soil from the top to the topsoil down Was ruined by the bastards Thanks to the corporate mind They protected their assets—they're doing fine So much for the Holbrook disaster [Chorus] Ooh, they were playing with the metal drums Ah, they were banging on the metal drums now Ooh, beat that metal drum a little faster Ooh, they were playing with the metal drums Ah, banging on the metal drums now Ooh, beat that metal drum a little faster Come on, beat that metal drum a little faster Come on, beat that metal drum a little faster [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] Ooh, they were playing with the metal drums Ah, banging on the metal drums now Ooh, beat that metal drum a little faster Come on, beat that metal drum a little faster Mmm, beat that metal drum a little faster boys Ooh, come on, beat that metal drum a little faster Beat that metal drum a little faster boys [Outro] Thank you