Fungus Beach

from I Can't Believe It's Not Better (demos) by Yates Brown

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lyrics

there's something swirling in the water
round the feet you cannot see
in the dingy swells & the murky cesspools
where they flush the DDT

there's something out there very glad
the ocean's up a few degrees
we came down here to take it easy
no, but took on some unease, & left with some disease

well they're calling in the coast guard in the hazmat suits
& the DHEC waders with the masks & the steel toe boots
the EPA & Greenpeace both on the scene
it's a CERCLA-funded beach party quarantine
& we all sing

fungus beach, surfs up dude from the fungus deep
the benzene gas in the fungus breeze is passed
but the rash is yours to keep

fungus beach, a toxic leech
my groovy tan's all scrabbed & peeled
the luau pig's got a worm about this big
but stephen johnson's lips are sealed
on fungus beach

let's surf the bay in Minimata & snorkel in Prince William Sound
do the limbo in Toyama, a lover's swim in Love Canal

a million CFUs per mil, Atlantic stew, serve it brown
just keep it out of the local papers, you know, just for now
philip cooney he knows how

well they've killed all the fish off & the dolphins too
it's open niche for the thing from Creepshow 2
from the people who said that the 9/11 air was clean
"you're totally fine, never mind a little blistering
let me hear ya sing"

fungus beach, hanging ten in a toxic breach
this superfund is like totally super fun
& the rash is ours to keep

fungus beach, too deep to reach
we're sinking down in faceless muck
the ocean's soul is this species' toilet bowl
& now it's backing up
on fungus beach

i wish they all could be Goiania girls