A Song for Your English Practice – and a Little Announcement

 

Today I want to share something a bit more personal – my debut single. Check it out on Spotify or YouTube.

It’s called “Skies of the Tatacoa”, released under my project Unburnt Green. I wrote it about a real community in the Tatacoa Desert in Colombia that was accidentally hit during an anti-drug crop-spraying operation in the nineties. 

It’s folk-punk, acoustic, a bit political, and perfect for practising storytelling, descriptive vocabulary, and imagery in English.

Here are the lyrics if you want to use them for reading or listening practice:

Skies of the Tatacoa – Lyrics

Hammock snoring punctures the night,
Skies of the Tatacoa,
On Martian plains breaks morning light,
Then roaring by a black crop duster,
Sends sheep and goats stampeding wild,
Sows death on all the soil could muster,
Melon, chilli, all crops defiled,
Skies of the Tatacoa

Waters laced with glyphosate,
Skies of the Tatacoa,
What evil sealed these peasants’ fate?
Miles from here in fine tuxedoes,
Noses powdered, pupils blown wide,
The product of a mafioso,
Who dishes out cartel neckties,
Skies of the Tatacoa

In swoops the law to make things right,
Skies of the Tatacoa,
Dirt-poor farmers pay for the fight,
Skies of the Tatacoa

Thanks for listening!