We Can't Quench the Fire [California wildfire song]

California: "Say, we've got a great idea! Let's pave all the rivers so the ground doesn't properly soak up the water."

California, later: "Hey, what's with all these fires?"

lyrics by Shane Killian
music by Suno AI

[intro]
We're California
In our wealthiest age
We politicians took advantage
And now the fires rage

[verse]
Why did we pave the rivers?
Why did we drain the lakes?
Now the water doesn't soak the ground
And a spark is all it takes

[chorus]
We can't quench the fire
It burns too fast and hot
The situation's dire
And our efforts all for naught

[verse]
We told them we were great
Ostensibly preventing harms
How to avoid the voters' hate?
Just blame the almond farms

[chorus]
We can't quench the fire
The flames, they won't abate
Firefighters drain the reservoirs
Too little and too late

[bridge]
Pave the rivers, drain the lakes
Always taxing, ever spending
Mismanage all the forests
Make them kindling

[verse]
Now we watch the homes all burn
While we watch safely at long range
In our haughtiness, let's raise our heads
And blame it all on climate change

[chorus]
We can't quench the fire
It burns too hot and fast
The situation's dire
The destruction large and vast

[outro]
To raise home values
We stopped the rivers
And raised combustibility
Now we prattle on
With our rhetoric long
And prevent accountability