Poison is bubbling 
Beneath your dreamhome 
Buried there years before  
 
Kid runs in crying 
From playing in the garden 
"Mommy, I burned my hands!"  
 
"What's making our eyes so itchy?" 
"Don't rub 'em-they'll swell up."  
 
Oh Oh Oh Oh  
It's the big waste dump 
Oh, yeah  
 
We built your ticky-tacky houses 
On landfill soil 
To cover up a gift 
We left you years before  
 
Of toxic chemicals 
And leaking gas 
Just dig a little while, 
You'll find our acid baths  
 
Cesspools 
In Eden 
Oozing away:  
 
Groundwater's poisoned 
Air stings like hell 
The lines for doctors grow long  
 
Over martinis 
The company laughs 
"We don't owe you one damn thing."  
 
But what about all these fainting spells? 
How'd you like a lick 
From my open sores  
 
And Oh:.Oh Oh Oh -  
Why are our babies stillborn?  
 
A storage tank's leaking 
It's about to explode 
Why evacuate 
When you can watch the fun  
 
Nothing happens here 
Get out the lawn chairs 
We'll drink pink lemonade 
And watch Martinez burn  
 
Cesspools 
In Eden 
Oozing away 
Cesspools in Eden 
Leak by the day  
 
The land we sold you 
Is right atop our acid pits 
We fill them by the truckload 
In the dead of night  
 
There's thousands more toxic 
Tips of the iceberg 
We pay a little bribe 
Or we just don't report them  
 
And see what you get- 
Cesspools 
In Eden 
In Eden 
No accident- 
Just a little of our greed-fueled negligence  
 
So you've found the proof why 
Your cancer rate's shot up 
But whatcha gonna do 
When we've got all the cards  
 
Times Beach, Rocky Flats, 
Love Canal & Bhopal 
Merry Christmas, hostages 
From the folks who care  
 
Cesspools in Eden 
Oozing away 
Cesspools in Eden 
Leak by the day 
Cesspools in Eden 
Have a nice day