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’Sacred Ground and Holy Water’

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Get out on the two-lane Route 60

Head south like you're going to Jamestown

On the right's a road line with big ole pine trees

Just past 83 & the Conti Bros Dairy cows

Across the street from an old red crooked barn

There is a jewel hidden from the world

There's a cool-wonder 50-acre lake with its own island

Shining like an iridescent pearl

CHORUS:

That's our hometown's reservoir

Built circa Second World War

Served a lot of living creatures in its time

Spring-fed fresh clear water

Home to deer, bear, osprey n' otter

Quenched our thirst, kept us nourished and alive

It's where daddies explain nature

Changin' winds and the wood's behavior

And take the time to talk and teach

Their sons and daughters

It's where sacred ground

Meets holy water

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Our dad's n' grandads built the dam and spillway

With vision to know freshwater was our lifeblood

Worked like beavers to build a long and healthy mainstay

Maybe that was the inspiration for the Beaver Club (Heh-heh)

And Lake Erie if by chance you're listening

Please don't take this personally

We've got our own special gift to care for

It's taken care of us for a century

CHORUS REPEAT:

BRIDGE:

And hey there politicians

Please excuse our bitchin'

We don't mind the tax dollars we're payin'

Just wanna put our two cents in

CHORUS REPEAT:

BREAKDOWN FIRST HALF OF CHORUS

TAG 2X: IT'S WHERE SACRED GROUND MEETS HOLY WATER

-- Doug DeJoe, Peter Calanni, Dadie Sedota and Paul LoPresto

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