Neil Young Sun Green lyrics

Sun Green started makin' waves
On the day that grandpa died
Speakin' out against anything
Unjust or packed with lies

She chained herself to a statue of an eagle
In the lobby of Power Co.
And started yellin' through a megaphone
"There's corruption on the highest floor"

Suits poured out of elevators, "You're all dirty"
Phoneheads began to speak, "You can't trust anybody"
But security couldn't get her down
She was welded to the eagle's beak

Sun Green leaned into that megaphone
Said, "Truth is all I seek"
Security brought in some blow torches
News cameras recorded her speech

"When the city is plunged into darkness
By an unpredicted rolling blackout
The White House always blames the governor
Saying the solution is to vote him out"

On top of that great bronze eagle
Sun's voice was loud and clear
She said, "Power Co's workin' with the White House
To paralyze our state with fear"

It was a golden moment
In the history of TV news
No one could explain it
It just got great reviews

Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too

The Imitators were playin'
Down at Jon Lee's bar
When Sun went down to see â€~em
Someone followed her in a car

So now, when she goes dancin'
She has to watch her back
The FBI just trashed her room
One of them kicked her cat

Damn thing scratched his leg
And he had to shoot it dead
And leave it lyin' in a puddle of blood
At the foot of Sun Green's bed

Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too

Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too

Jon Lee's was rockin'
The Imitators drove it home
Sun was dancin' up a heat wave
For awhile she was all alone

When up walked a tall stranger
He shadowed her move to move
In perfect unison
A supernatural groove

He took her by the hand
And the room began to spin
He said, "I'm Earth, Earth Brown
You know the shape I'm in"

"I'm leavin' tonight for Alaska
And I want you to come in the spring
And be a goddess in the planet wars
Tryin' to save the living things

"I'm ready to go right now"
Sun Green told Earth Brown
"Let's go back to my place
Pick up my cat and leave this town behind"

{FBI, goddamn it}

Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too

Next day Sun Green got busted for pot
And it made the headline news
But then the charges all got dropped
And the story got confused

She'd still like to meet Julia Butterfly
And see what remedy brings
And be a goddess in the planet wars
Tryin' to save the living things

But that might not be easy
Livin' on the run
Mother Earth has many enemies
There's much work to be done

Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too
Hey Mr. Clean, you're dirty now too