Name: Oleander Highway
Duration: P00H03M38S
Description: The water crisis in the California Central Valley is 100% a political driven crisis.

Oleander Highway

by Mark Horning

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The water crisis in the California Central Valley is 100% a political driven crisis.

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Driving down the highway, through the potholes and the dust
Decades since the road was in its prime.
Fadin' aging water towers,
Miles and miles of poison flowers,
A relic of another age and time.

-It's the poison flower highway
-Highway 99.
-Oleander flowers fill the air.
-Ancient lane dividers fading everywhere,
-Faded towns and dreams beyond repair.

Produce grows where water flows, you know that's by design.
Watch the berries wither on the vine.
Farmers see their land grow dry,
Don't even have the strength to cry,
Along both sides of highway 99.

Orchards turned to firewood.
Dust and dirt where farms once stood.
The legacy of highway 99.

-It's the poison flower highway
-Highway 99.
-Oleander flowers fill the air.
-Ancient lane dividers fadin' everywhere,
-Faded towns and dreams beyond repair.

From Chico down to Stockton, from Bakersfield and Galt,
This valley fed the whole world in it's time.
Oh - Sacramento cut the flow.
You only reap what you can sow.
An' the farmers and the fields are out of time.

Politicians jut keep lying.
Towns and acres just keep dying.
California Highway 99.

-The poison flower highway
-Highway 99
-Oleander flowers fill the air.
-Ancient lane dividers fading everywhere
-Faded towns and dreams beyond repair

Faded towns and faded dreams and faded yellow lines...
California Highway 99.
Drivin' down old highway 99.

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released August 8, 2022
Acoustic Guitar: Mark Horning
Bass Guitar: Mark Horning
Vocals: Mark Horning

Editing and Mixing: Mark Horning

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