'No Quarry' parody to 'Show Business'

The citizens of Rainbow and Temecula and Fallbrook

Are obviously unhappy here tonight.

A quarry proposal is threatening us all.

Its consequences make us feel uptight.

Must we bid our quality of life goodbye

For yet another quarry here and why?

There’s no room for another quarry here like no quarry I know.

Everything about it is disgusting.

Even though they tell us how they care.

Should we really be naively trusting when they’ll be dusting our precious air?

They’re no people like quarry people; they’re in it for the dough.

Imagine diesel trucks for 26 miles in line

Turning wildlife refuge into granite mines.

’Cause in their eyes they’re only seeing dollar signs.

Say “No quarry. No, no!”

With water cut-backs, groves and crops are dying from drought

Responsible folks like us must all conserve.

The resource of water is fast running out

This wasteful operation has its nerve.

Consuming all the water – a disgrace.

And leaving gross pollution in its place.

There’s no room for another quarry here like no quarry I know.

You will feel the shaking and the blasting

While your property values tumble down.

The dusty air’s so dense you will be gasping, it’s so long-lasting,

You must leave town.

They’ve no business with their pitsy business blasting a hole so low.

Chopping up the passage where the wildlife’s at.

The last remaining link to their habitats.

Will surely mean extinction of the mountain cats.

Say “No quarry. No, no!”

Music by Irving Berlin

Words by Natasha Ragland