Throw Away That Shad Net (How Are We Gonna Save Tomorrow?)

Throw away that shad net, get rid of hook and line
 There's no more Hudson fishing, not for a long, long time
 The poison's in the riverbed, no matter whose the crime
 But how are we gonna save tomorrow?
 One thousand honest workers need that paycheck every week
 Way up in Fort Edward where the PCBs did leak
 And the GE Corporation knows the profits it must seek
 But how are we gonna save tomorrow?
 PCB was a clever thing, way back in twenty-nine
 Transformers and capacitors got turned out on the line
 Nobody suspected what they'd do to us in time
 Now we got to worry 'bout tomorrow
 Well, the purpose of technology is gonna take a different turn
 We'll test each new thing carefully, that's one thing we have learned
 We need a clean world for all to share and all to work and earn
 Then maybe we can save tomorrow
 Well, the experts knew about it, so why not you and me
 Who controls the information in this land of the free?
 The laws didn't seem to help in stopping PCB
 So how are we gonna save tomorrow?
 The longest journey taken needs a first step to begin
 This cleanup's gonna take a while but now we must begin
 Clearwater says to lend a hand, a claw, a paw, a fin
 'Cause now we got to work to save tomorrow
 This song's too sad
 Here's to the lowly blue crab, because he has no fat
 And so he's got no PCB hardly, we can say, hooray for that
 So I'll not quit my crabbing, you can stick that in your hat
 Somehow, we're gonna save tomorrow
 In the old days, coal miners took a canary down to test the air
 Here's to the canary, we took down in the mine
 Here's to the Hudson Stripers, may their warning be in time
 Here's to all the young folks singing, "This land is yours and mine"
 That's how we're gonna save tomorrow
 Oh, the glory's on the river and the struggle's on the shore
 Next year is 1976, well, let's start a little war
 Anyone who thinks we're quitting better take just one think more
 And that's how we're gonna save tomorrow
 So don't throw away that shad net, don't junk that hook and line
 We're gonna make some changes, we're gonna start in time
 Clearwater sings to all of us, "This land is yours and mine"
 And that's how we're gonna save tomorrow, sing it again
 And that's how we're gonna save tomorrow