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Stauffer Chemical Company

from Making Friends with Ghosts by Kristen Leigh

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Quickly and smoothly, making hardly a sound,
Stauffer Chemical Company has moved into town
They’ve taken possession of old Nyala Farm,
winning over our neighbors with money and charm.

CHORUS:
Nothing will change, no one’s to blame, we have a plan they said
things will all stay the same, nothing will change, no one’s to blame

We’ll pay for police, we’ll build you new roads,
we’ll pay your taxes, we’ll relieve your load
We’ll even preserve that old barn and we’ll keep every tree,
we’ll hide our new factory where no one can see

(chorus)

Well today I went by and they had kept their word.
The plant couldn’t be seen and no noise could be heard
But a lifeless shell with a fresh coat of paint,
showed me what a barn is and what a barn ain’t

(chorus)

Neatly cut empty field of green.
This farm’s been transformed into something obscene
Yes they’ve kept their word and they’ve done what they said
But that barn is a crypt for a farm that is dead.

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from Making Friends with Ghosts, released August 20, 2010
Featuring Ueli Schweizer on violins.

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Kristen Leigh North Carolina

North Carolina native Kristen Leigh's music blurs the lines between genres and styles, drawing from a diverse range of influences to produce unique, folk-based compositions with orchestral arrangements that are at once playful, provocative, and prophetic. Her emotionally honest lyrics explore themes like vulnerability, poverty, grief, redemption, disillusionment, courage, love, and defiant hope. ... more

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