Small Town Lawyer (Lookin' for a Way)

Small Town Lawyer (Lookin’ for a Way)

Missy Simms, a lawyer in Dupre, Illinois, was able to get reparations from big oil & plastics companies for dumping chemicals in the nearby reservoir by calling it “litter” – a message she says she received from the Holy Spirit. Small damage awarded – but with big consequences.

Small town lawyer lookin’ for a way

Deep in the night, she begins to pray

Holy Spirit whispers in her ear

Saying that word she never thought to hear

Bridge:

For it’s just litter / some damn cold litter

And it’s so bitter / – they get to walk away

But she’s determined / This small town woman /

she’s determined / gonna make ‘em pay

Small town story in the heart of Illinois

Small town story in Depue Illinois

1600 people in the heart of Illinois

But someone’s awake & about to make some noise

Deep in the night the chemicals spill

Far from sight the chemicals spill

Deep in the night the chemicals spill

Gurgling in the ground the chemicals spill

[REPEAT Bridge]

Tell me brother who owns this site

Tell me sister who owns this site

Tell me who owns this heathenish site?

Exxon, Shell and Union Carbide

Holy Spirit whispers in her ear

Saying that word they never ‘spect to hear

Day by day the trial goes on

Month by month the trial goes on

Year by year the trial goes on –

Till one day they find that they have won

One million dollars is just small change

With all their billions a tiny drop of rain

One million dollars is just chump change

But let it eat a hole in their pockets so deep

Let it eat a hole in their pockets so deep

Like acid to the heart it begins to creep

Next time round it’s five million more

Pretty soon it’s gonna be the whole world o’er

Small town lawyer lookin’ for a way

Deep in the night, she begins to pray