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Pipeline Shakedown

by The Stratospheres

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standing with water protectors ~ water is life ~ all proceeds from this song go to Stop the Money Pipeline and Indigenous Environmental Network

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Snake comes like a pipeline
Greed is on the main line
Water keepers keeping time
Out on the front line
Out on the front line

We need water more than oil
Coming to a hard boil
We are standing on this soil
For all time
For all time

Gotta keep it in the ground
Come on people make a sound
You know what's going down
Out on the front line
Out on the front line
*
Come on people shake your hips
And give that snake the slip
Keep that pipe off of that line
We are standing here for all time
*
Bismarck says the danger's real
Don't put that pipeline near
Likewise we say don't put it here
Keep it off line
Keep it off line

They say rail has more danger
Send their guns, send a ranger
act like water is a stranger
It’s a strange time
It’s a strange time

They say more pipelines in sight
But two wrongs don't make a right
And we are standing for what’s right
Keep it off line
Keep it off line
*
Come on people shake your hips
And give that snake the slip
Keep that pipe off of that line
We are standing here for all time
*
Standing mother, standing daughter
We are standing for this water
And we are standing here
For all time
For all time

Standing son and standing father
We are standing for this water
And we are standing here
For all time
For all time

Send your dogs and send your guns
But you're still all mothers’ sons
And you're all drinking water
For all time
For all time
*
Come on people shake your hips
And give that snake the slip
Keep that pipe off of that line
We are standing here for all time
*
Snake comes like a pipeline
Greed is on the main line
Water keepers keeping time
Out on the front line
Keep it off line
For all time
For all time

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released April 5, 2021
Stephanie Siehr – vocals, electric guitar, baritone guitar, goat rattle
Liz Stuart – cajon, native flute, vocals
Recorded at Spectrehaus Studio, Nevada City CA
Mixed at Spectrehaus Studio, Nevada City CA, and Megasonic Sound, Oakland CA
Mastered at Megasonic Sound, Oakland CA
~ written by Stephanie Siehr 2016
~ recorded by The Stratospheres 2020
~ art by Stephanie Siehr, inspired by the art of Christi Belcourt and other water protectors

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The Stratospheres Grass Valley, California

The Stratospheres are a pared-down trio whose songs explore the timely and timeless matters of heat waves and train tracks, laundromats and love. Their sound is a mix of retro and righteous, twang and proto-punk, Lucinda Williams meets Lou Reed.

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