"Byley Under Pressure" genre: Satire
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	Protest song against the proposed endangering of lives and desecration of the Cheshire Countryside - to make profit for Scottish Power
	CD: I Protest   Label: Manatee Press Credits: Charlotte Peters Rock (All)
	Story Behind the Song Scottish Power wants to store gas - at very high pressure, in fault riddled salt caverns, in an earthuqake area, risking the lives of many people. And all to make profit, by filling the caverns with cheap weekend gas - to sell at a profit during the week - possibly abroad. I am so angry with this. Our County Council has thrown in the towel, in spite of twice, at Full Council, voting against it. Human beings don't count in England any more. This song was put into the Public Inquiry as evidence of what ordinary people, like me, think about the over-ruling tactics of Scottish Power. A second song, "Cranage Airmen - Defenders of Peace", was also submitted, as evidence of the power of such sites as RAF Cranage, in an historical perspective, if they are allowed to remain in being. Lyrics Byley Under Pressure We're under pressure - and leaking steam and fire We're under pressure - our anger's growing higher We're under pressure - don't bring your funeral pyre Leave us alone - Leave us alone This Byley Battle should be won By those who stand their ground and fight This battle's only just begun And we will win - we have the right ch Don't dump your gas plant over here We live in peace in this fair place Why should our children live in fear Our County Council's a disgrace ch Our airmen fought to win the right To freedom from oppression's trap They died with freedom in their sight And we must keep them on our map ch Our children need to know their past The ground from which they sprang in peace They need to know it first to last Without this knowledge peace will cease ch Buildings on brine fields sink and fall Earthquakes in Cheshire rock the ground You plan to pressurise it all You're far away - you're not around ch If fields of green are called brown field If 'urban' is a word corrupt If whole communities must yield To multi nationals - they'll erupt ch This Scottish Power threatens us Our County Council's in its hand We won't lie down without a fuss We let them in and we'll be damned ch They'd make us refugees at home But how can tenant farmers run? Their money's sunk in this alone They can't get out Where would they run? ch Remove these profiteering fools They threaten all that we hold dear We just don't care about their rules We'll keep our happiness round here We're under pressure - and leaking steam and fire We're under pressure - our anger's growing higher We're under pressure - don't bring your funeral pyre Leave us alone - Leave us alone by Charlotte Peters Rock 21.11. 2002

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