Song from Jefferson and The Defenders of the Holy Grove

The speciousness of Humboldt Supervisor Mark Lovelace's arguments in light of the obvious reasons for the road widening project prompted these new verses to Jefferson's song "Avenue of Angels." The entire song is below.

Old Boys want to break the barriers
To business as usual, I'd say.
Big Trucks will be the carriers,
CalTrans will pave the way.

It's easy to see what they're after,
Once they have opened the door--
Like nature bowing to NAFTA--
They want a coastal, commercial corridor.


Here is the song in its entirety. Written by (c) Jefferson Parson 2011

Avenue of Angels

Daddy, don't make new deadwood;
Don't widen that highway for me.
If you love me, leave those redwoods
Right where they're meant to be.

Today, we don't slay that dragon, So don't tame that tiger for me.
It's not OK to turn that redwood
Into a drive-through tree.

[chorus]
We've got to bridge love and understanding,
Leave loco-motion madness, roaring crowds;
We need an avenue of angels made of emeralds,
With rainbow seat-belts, air-bags made of clouds,

Because the highway of Heaven has no asphalt,
No rusty cars with obsolescent parts;
It's an avenue of angels made of emeralds
With luminescent rays from heart to heart.


Old Boys want to break the barriers
To business-as-usual, I'd say.
Big trucks will be the carriers,
CalTrans will pave the way.

It's easy to see what they're after,
Once they have opened the door--
Like nature bowing to NAFTA--
They want a coastal commercial corridor. [repeat chorus]