The Horrible Cost They told me they were safe... The pesticides, the herbicides, the biocides They told me not to worry What's your hurry? We use them all In schools, and malls On smalls and talls Day care's and nursing homes too? All true. They told me "EPA Approved" To drill into our home To spray our yard To kill the pests (the pets) That used to bug us, that used to love us. Now no living thing disturbs our sleep Except the cough, the sneeze, the wheeze "Lucky to be alive" We are being told (At least for now). Our life forever changed Rearranged Our heads untroubled by the carpenter ants Poisons, new, improved These people-cides. Used for genocide, a Holocaust ago Born in the Camps, these neurotoxins Now deodorized to deceive What you might perceive Easier to breathe the fumes That seal your doom Our brains are now oblivious To the obvious Our muscles twitch, our memories fail Concentration, concentrate, conc... They told me they were safe These brain poisons They told me they were safe These pet poisons They told me they were safe These people poisons These terrible toxins Copyright RedHen 1999 All Rights Reserved Laurie & Bill Enger's tragic story of pesticide poisoning after exterminators used Dursban in their home: EPA may restrict widely used insecticide Suit settled through bankruptcy court Paula Vaughan Art Sets Ode To Joy is playing at Laurie's request