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You Can Build a Garden (with special guests)

from Unlike the Bison by Hypoxic Punks

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All the rain runs down the shingles and the downspouts
Over sidewalks and driveways and roads;
On down the gutters, into the storm drains
To the rivers and the lakes and seas it goes.

With the fertilizers and the gasoline,
With pesticides and herbicides and all things in between;
Heavy metals in the motor oil.
Tons of salt and and sand, and plenty of good topsoil.

What can you do? (What can you do?)
You can build a garden (You can build a garden),
You can build a garden (You can build a garden)
To catch the rain (to catch the rain).
To keep the dirt (to keep the dirt)
And keep the toxins (and all the toxins)
From the rivers (from the rivers)
And the food chain (and the food chain).

You just dig a bit of a small depression
Where the driveway and roof shed the rain;
Add native plants: coneflowers and grasses
So the roots take up the water as it drains.

To keep the algae from a big old bloom
That sucks the oxygen from the water, turns a lake into the fishes’ tomb;
Keep the mercury out of the stream,
Keep the water we depend on clear and clean.

What can you do? (What can you do?)
You can build a garden (You can build a garden),
You can build a garden (You can build a garden)
To catch the rain (to catch the rain).
To keep the dirt (to keep the dirt)
And keep the toxins (and all the toxins)
From the rivers (from the rivers)
And the food chain (and the food chain).

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from Unlike the Bison, released September 25, 2017
This one we recorded while we still had the incredible Leon Hsu on violin and recorded with our friends and guest musicians! The amazing...
Jayanthi Kyle
Robin Kyle
Rosie Jablonsky
See the video on YouTube: youtu.be/42LYqrj4qqY

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Hypoxic Punks Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Hypoxic Punks are Tim Gustafson, Robert Poch, and Mark Pedelty. We have been joined over the years by many talented musicians and have played all over town, from the Fine Line and Convention Center to Club Underground and the Acadia, as well as environmental benefits, parties, and the Minnesota State Fair. We'll play anywhere as long as it's fun...and it is more fun than ever. ... more

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