Ride Out Any Storm

Ride Out Any Storm
by Si Kahn & Tom Chapin
© 2015 Joe Hill Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Up here in Alaska
It’s struggle and strife
With luck and hard work
You can make a good life
When the going gets rough
And we see dark clouds form
We brace for the worst
And ride out the storm

They want to build a big mine
Near this place we call home
The biggest damn pit
That the world’s ever known
They would poison our future
For copper and gold
They’ll find out in time
Some things can’t be sold

We will ride out any storm
We will not wash away
Take my hand
We’ll make our stand on Bristol Bay

I’ve hiked the Grand Canyon
Seen Niagara Falls
Our own Bristol Bay
Is as grand as them all
It’s wild stubborn beauty
Grants us all grace
With a lifetime of memories
That time can’t erase

We will ride out any storm
We will not wash away
Take my hand
We’ll make our stand on Bristol Bay

With their money and power
They say we can’t win
Yet we stand like a sea wall
And never give in
We are all survivors and we know full well
Help will come to those who help themselves

We will ride out any storm
We will not wash away
Take my hand
We’ll make our stand on Bristol Bay
We will ride out any storm
We will not wash away
Take my hand
We’ll make our stand on Bristol Bay

This song appears on Tom Chapin's 70 CD.

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