"It Do Run Off" (The Stormwater Runoff Song)

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tune gratefully borrowed from "Da Doo Ron Ron"

new lyrics by Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz

sound recording and new lyrics copyright © 2014 by Sharon Abreu and Michael Hurwicz

"It Do Run Off"

I saw it pourin' out the pipe, it looked so bad.
It do run run run, it do run off.
I thought of all the fishies and it made me sad.
It do run run run, it do run off.

Yeah, it looked so bad,
Yeah, it made me sad,
Ooo, and when we drive along,
It do run run run, it do run off.


Oil leaks, gas leaks, splats and spills.
It do run run run, it do run off.
It runs runs runs into the fishies' gills.
It do run run run, it do run off.

Yeah, the fuel it spills,
Yeah, right into their gills,
And when we drive along,
It do run run run, it do run off.


[instrumental break]


Too much manure and detergents, too.
They do run run run, they do run off.
And in the sea they're mixin' into quite a goo.
They do run run run, they do run off.

Yeah, detergents, too.
Yeah, into quite a goo.
Ooo, what a toxic brew,
It do run run run, it do run off.


[instrumental break]


All this stuff is flowin' and it's flowin' fast.
It do run run run, it do run off.
And something strange is killin’ off the eelgrass.
It do run run run, it do run off.

Yeah, the eelgrass,
Yeah, is a-goin' fast.
So let's get off our . . .  butts,
And end the run off, the run runoff.

[instrumental break]


Swales by the park and by the grocery store,
They catch the run run, the run runoff.
They make our city greener and protect our shore,
When they catch the run run, the run runoff.

Yeah, the grocery store.
Yeah, they protect our shore.
So when we drive along,
They catch the run run, the run runoff.

 
Gardens, trees and flower beds along our streets,
They drink the run run, the run runoff.
They filter out the bad stuff, and they look so sweet.
They clean the run run, the run runoff.

Yeah, along our streets.
Yeah, they look so sweet.
And as we walk along,
They clean the run run, the run runoff.

 
It’s been a problem but there’s lots that we can do
To stop the run run, the run runoff.
The crabs and all the critters will be happy, too,
When we stop the run run, the run runoff.

Yeah, lots that we can do.
Yeah, crabs are happy, too.
Yeah, it’s up to me and you
To stop the run run, the run runoff!