Lyrics | Flies in Black
6. Flies in Black
here come the flies in black
clean water engenders
here come the flies in black
they live until september
Well, the black flies will attack,
remember that
just in case you’re ever face to face
and make contact
heard it first from me, billy b
means what you think you saw
you might have seen
so don’t blink
be what was there’s gone
black flies bit your body and moved on
hide in shadow, move in silence
reproduction based in violence
but yo, they ain’t on no government list
they straight won’t exist
if flames on the river hiss
if you feel something strange
watch your back
cause you never quite know
where the black fly is at, uh eah
now from the deepest
of the darkest of night
on you she flies in,
bites right through skin tight
blood will bloom,
fly consumes
but then like boom
your hands bring doom
gory slickness on your arm
the only witness
living memories, yeah fibs
the fish are pleased
’cause clean water breeds them
they draw blood and then they lick it
’cause protein, they get wicked on ya
your hands are your only line of defense
cause keeping rivers clean
just makes sense
they don’t fear us, cheer us,
try to get near us, and spear us
yeah, fibs licking up all that,
what that stand for? flies in black
Black flies, take a bite with me,
take a bite with me, take a bite with me
Now come on, take a lick with me,
take a lick with me, take a lick with me
Now Humans,take a whack with me,
take a whack with me,take a whack with me
Come on, make your neck work, now freeze………
Their bites itch me
Now the Cuyahoga River
flows through Cleveland
What happened there
some people still aren’t believing
with all the floating oil, trash and tires,
the river…….caught on fire
People said “Whoa, this has to stop,”
laws were passed, pollution dropped
the river cleaned up, insects returned,
laying eggs in the water that had burned
the black fly is the first bug back,
if the water gets cleaner dragonflies attack
cleaner still and the mayflies dance,
even cleaner water, stone flies advance
you can how clean a river is
if you look in the water
to find which fly lives
today’s pollution regulators
look at biological indicators
chorus melody from “Forget-me-Nots” written by
Patrice Russen,Fred Washington, Theresa McFadden
Babyfingers Music
lyrics by Bill Brennan