Hey Mr TVA

HEY MR.TVA (C)
Dennis K Duff 2014

They came with politicians engineers and plans
They dammed up the rivers and flooded our land
Tore down our barns and houses wiped away our past
When they’d taken all they wanted that was everything we had

Hey Mr. TVA why’d you take my home away
Did you care for progress sake lives were trampled in the dust
Hey Mr. TVA I don’t believe the price you paid
For so many hearts to break could ever be enough

The sweat and blood of generations fell to imminent domain
Now the rows of silent tombstones are all that remain
Some say that it was worth it more was gained than was lost
But only those who’s lives were shattered know how much it really cost

Hey Mr. TVA why’d you take my home away
Did you care for progress sake lives were trampled in the dust
Hey Mr. TVA I don’t believe the price you paid
For so many hearts to break could ever be enough

Hey Mr. TVA why’d you take my home away
Did you care for progress sake lives were trampled in the dust
Hey Mr. TVA I don’t believe the price you paid
For so many hearts to break could ever be enough