Oyster Run

 (Photo by Anthony)

Figure 13.   Preserve

(Folk Rock)

[Chorus]
The oyster’s are running
Their shells said to me.
Gone are the days of
Oysters in the bay.

[Verse 1]
In a few short years
Padilla formed flotillas,
As Fidalgo long decayed.
The oyster’s… They scared away.

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse 2]
Birch followed suit,
As pollutants bore sway,
Relentless in pursuit
Of an oyster-less day.

[Repeat Chorus]

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]

So sad, signs unheeded,
Thin-shelled parents declared.
No food, no bed—
We’re all but dead!

 (Photo by Ioan Davies)

Figure 14.   Conserve

[Instrumental]

While it’s too late for us,
We now fear the worst.
Will this greedy curse,
Destroy you, as Us?

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse 1]
In a few short years
Padilla formed flotillas,
As Fidalgo long decayed.
The oyster's… They scared away.

[Verse 2]
Birch followed suit, as
Pollutants bore sway,
Relentless in pursuit
Of an oyster-less day.

[Repeat Chorus]

[Instrumental]

[Coda]
While it's too late for us,
We now fear the worst.
Will this greedy curse,
Destroy you, as Us?

[Repeat Coda 2x and Full Stop]

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