Copper Mining Songtext
von RemoteTreeChildren

This was the hope for the future
Far from the heavy machines
Lawns as green as the Fifties
Cul de sacs for the kids

Somebody needled the bubble
Somebody pulled out the rug
Thank god for tents and for trailers
Thank god for parking lots

One man′s house is another man's gold
You do for yours, and I′ll take care of my own
Knock knock knock, nobody home
Possession is all the law I know


Tear it up
We're mining copper
Tear it up
We're pulling wire
Tear it up
Until it′s empty
All night all night
Tear it up
We′re mining copper
Tear it up
We're pulling pipe
Tear it up
Until it′s empty
All night all night

Take me to Yuba City
Get on the party bus
Row upon row of unwanted
Waiting for me to come

Hammers clippers and strippers
The plaster in the air
I only see the potential
Where others see despair

One man's house is another man′s gold
You do for yours, and I'll take care of my own
Knock knock knock, nobody home
Possession is all the law I know

Tear it up
We′re mining copper
Tear it up
We're pulling wire
Tear it up
Until it's empty
All night all night


Tear it up
We′re mining copper
Tear it up
We′re pulling pipe
Tear it up
Until it's empty
All night all night

I dream of empty buildings
Banks and the stock exchange
They sell the vapors of finance
I sell the real thing

One man′s house is another man's gold
You do for yours, and I′ll take care of my own
Knock knock knock, nobody home
Possession is all the law I know

Tear it up
We're mining copper
Tear it up
We′re pulling wire
Tear it up
Until it's empty
All night all night
Tear it up
We're mining copper
Tear it up
We′re pulling pipe
Tear it up
Until it′s empty
All night all night
Tear it up
Tear it up
Until it's empty, all night all night