Mary Gauthier - Sugar Cane Lyrics
(Mary Gauthier/Catie Curtis)Mama said she don't give a damn what those people sayCane smoke can't be good for you day after dayEvery year at harvest time when the black smoke filled the skyShed pick me up and take me home and make me stay insideFrom Thibodaux to Raceland there's fire in the fieldsAll the way up the bayou from Lafourche to IbervilleDirty air, dirty laundry, dirty money, dirty rainA dirty dark at daybreak burning the sugar caneChristmas on the bayou, midnight come and goneDriving past the sugar mill and all the lights are onThe parking lot is full of trucks I can see the furnace glowEverybody's working overtime, it's a good job, even thoughFrom Thibodaux to Raceland there's fire in the fieldsAll the way up the bayou from Lafourche to IbervilleDirty air, dirty laundry, dirty money, dirty rainA dirty dark at daybreak burning the sugar caneFirst came the sugar cane, then came ThibodauxCane sugar built this town, cane sugar paved these roadsThey burn the leaves to harvest cash, money for the companyMoney makes the world go round, money, money, moneyFrom Thibodaux to Raceland there's fire in the fieldsAll the way up the bayou from Lafourche to IbervilleDirty air, dirty laundry, dirty money, dirty rainA dirty dark at daybreak burning, burningThe soot and ash are falling like a dark and deadly snowThe air is full of poison to the Gulf of MexicoDirty air, dirty laundry dirty money dirty rain
