Neil Young - Sun Green lyrics

Sun green started makin' waves On the day her grandpa died Speakin' out against anything Unjust or packed with lies She chained herself to a statue of an eagle In the lobby of powerco And started yellin' through a megaphone "there's corruption on the highest floor" Suits poured out of elevators "they're all dirty" Phoneheads began to speak "you can't trust anybody" But security couldn't get her down She was welded to the eagle's beak Sun green leaned into that megaphone And said, "truth is all i seek" Security brought in some blowtorches News cameras recorded the speech "when the city is plunged into darkness By an unpredicted rolling blackout The white house always blames the governor, Sayin', 'the solution is to vote him out'" On top of that great bronze eagle Sun's voice was loud and clear She said, "powerco is workin' with the white house To paralyze our state with fear" It was a golden moment golden moment In the history of tv news No one could explain it It just got great reviews "hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too" The imitators were playin' Down at john lee's bar When sun went down to see 'em Someone followed her in a car So now when she goes dancin' She has to watch her back The FBI just trashed her room One of them kicked her cat The damn thing scratched his leg And he had to shoot it dead And leave it lyin' in a puddle of blood At the foot of sun green's bed "hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too" John lee's was rockin' The imitators drove it home Sun was dancin' up a heatwave For a while she was all alone... When up walked a tall stranger He shadowed her move to move In perfect unison A supernatural groove He took her by the hand And the room began to spin He said, "i'm earth... earth brown You know the shape i'm in I'm leavin' tonight for alaska And i want you to come in the spring And be a goddess in the planet wars Tryin' to save the livin' things" "i'm ready to go right now," Sun green told earth brown "let's go back to my place, Pick up my cat and leave this town behind" Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Next day sun green got busted for pot And it made the headline news But then the charges all got dropped And the story got confused She'd still like to meet julia bu*terfly And see what remedy brings And be a goddess in the planet wars Tryin' to save the livin' things But that might not be easy Livin' on the run Mother earth has many enemies There's much work to be done "hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too Hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too"