Name: Operation Save Puerto Rico
Duration: P00H04M40S
Description: A song. And a cry for help.

Operation Save Puerto Rico

by Lesley Jane and BEATLESEX

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A song. And a cry for help.

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Operation Save Puerto Rico

Pardon me but we're dead
Maria just knocked us on the head
There's no lights and there's no phone
So many of us lost our homes
We beg you don't leave us alone

When you're drowning you can't quite
Articulate something that sounds alright
I didn't mean to sound at all mean
It's just when you're drowning, you know
You just scream

So send us someone who might care
To help us move forward somehow somewhere
We're looking for clues at the scene of the crime
Please help us, so many are dying
We feel like you're not even trying

Save Puerto Rico
Please do whatever you can
We'll thank you, all,
Every woman child and man

Please, Mr Man...

We're demolished, it's not nice
We're looking for water, never mind ice
Ol' Mama Maria, she kicked our ass
We're strewn amidst rubble of steel and glass
Please don't leave us all alone
Please help us rebuild our home
We don't mean to scream on the phone

Save Puerto Rico
Maria, she hurt us all
Save Puerto Rico
We're Americans too, one and all
Save Puerto Rico
Hear our desperate call

(John speaks, introducing the bridge,
mostly yelling at Lesley, which is what he does)

I don't know why this happened to us
We've lost nearly everything
We didn't mean to make such a fuss
But we're your people, in trouble
And you
You are the King

~Guitar

So won't you please, please help me
Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
We're devastated, there's no doubt
Please help your children sort it out
We don't mean to scream on the line
But so many of us are dying
So pardon me saying it, one more time

Help Puerto Rico
Please help us get back on our feet
Help Puerto Rico
And gratitude is all you'll meet
Save Puerto Rico
We're begging for help, can't you hear?
We need drinking water,
All we've got is tears
...Please let us know you're here...

Copyright 2017 ~ Lesley Jane and BEATLESEX

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released October 1, 2017

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