Lyrics | That’s Runoff, Man!
7. That's Runoff, Man!
From the clouds I drop, I hit the roof, kerplop.
I go out of the spout and I never stop.
I spray and I spurt, I grab a little dirt
and when I meet the street it gets even worse
Onto the road I drain I pass on oily stain
Then I go with the flow down the passing lane
I spurt and I spray, nothing gets in my way
I might make it on down to the Bay today
Chorus
Water with the power to erode Water carrying a heavy load
Water running off the land, That’s Runoff, Man!
Water running when it rains
Water running toward the drains
Water running off the land, That’s Runoff, Man!
All life is fed on things that are dead
decomposition is nutrition in the watershed
But by accident, our development
increases the release of the nutrients
So the water’s force takes that stuff from it’s source
and it moves down the groove of the waters course
Into the bay it flows, it makes the algae grow
and that chokes the critter folks living down below
water carries a nutritious load that will make the algae growth explode
Water running out across the land, that’s runoff man!
Written by Paul Seydewitz and Bill Brennan