TOO POOR TO LIVE HERE
By Carol
Fondiller
(To the tune of Woody
Guthrie’s
“So Long, it’s
been good to know you.”)
Chorus:
Too
poor, too poor to live here
Too poor, too
poor to live here
Too poor, too poor to live
here
The land speculators are grabbin, my
home
So I got to leave Venice and
roam.
I used to live in the trailer
court
With friends and buddies I used to
consort
The rent was cheap and the air was
free
But they say that sunshine is too good
for me.
Cause I’m . . .
chorus
I had a pad on the Howland
Canal
The place was good for my
morale
As I was feedin’ the ducks one
day
A big bulldozer tried to chase me
away.
I used to live in a house by the
sea
But the Master Plan had no plans for
me
Gold over people - the master’s
choice.
Our councilmen heed the
master’s voice
Cause I’m .
. . chorus.
They’re gonna have a
parking lot
And where you live there’ll
be a yacht
I’m too poor to live by the
sea
That’s what the system is
tryin’ to tell me.
Cause
I’m . . . chorus
But hell no,
we’re gonna stay here
Hell no,
we’re gonna stay here
Hell no,
we’re gonna stay here
We’re gonna
stay here and we’re gonna fight
For a
Free Venice that is our right.
Posted: Wed - January 1, 2003 at 08:52 PM