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Bayard

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5. Goodby To A River, Don Henley

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 01:01 PM

Sep 23

The rains have come early, they say
We're all gonna wash away
Well, that's all right with me
If heaven's torrent can wash clean
The arrogance that lies unseen
In the damage done since we have gone
Where we ought not to be
Goodbye to a river
Goodbye to a river
So long

Lakes and levees, dams and locks
They put that river in a box
It was running wild
And men must have control
We live our lives in starts and fits
We lose our wonder bit by bit
We condescend and in the end
We lose our very souls
Goodbye to a river
Goodbye to a river
So long

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U.S. rivers are experiencing unprecedented and unexpectedly intense warming [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 23 OP

... the additional heat is causing about 12 more days of heat stress, on average, for species that need cold water. riversedge Sep 23 #1

Must be the fault of the Biden administration forcing the installation of all the solar panels to attract the suns light LiberalArkie Sep 23 #2

This is also reducing the efficiency of cooling of thermal power plants progree Sep 23 #3

As the average temperature creeps up, the number of extremely hot days grows exponentially progree Sep 23 #4

Goodby To A River, Don Henley Bayard Sep 23 #5

Pittsburgh finally got rain last night and today FakeNoose Sep 23 #6