Story Behind The Song
Dominion plans to use eminent domain to take a swath of land for a mammoth natural gas pipeline. The path runs 550 miles through West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, through mountains, across rivers, and more. Landowners fight back.
Song Description
Rural landowner describes Dominion's assault on property rights and vows to resist.
| Song Length |
3:12 |
Genre |
Folk - Bluegrass, Folk - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Mad, Poignant |
Subject |
Protest, Determination |
| Similar Artists |
Dan Tyminski, Woody Guthrie |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
This land, it holds my grandparents' bones
Trees planted by their hands
And the house they built from timber and stones
They cleared from that rich bottom land
I swallowed hard when they widened the road
Took half an acre of mine
But the road is something we all own and use
Not some company's bottom line
Chorus: Hey Dominion, you don't have dominion over me
You don't have the right to take my land
Against your lawyers, your lackeys, your money and your lies
My neighbors and I will make a stand
You might win, but we'll fight to save our land
Christmas Eve, a letter in the mail
Told me I was being sued
They say I have to let those surveyors in
They want to push that pipeline through
Teresa Jones, who carries the mail,
Told me I was not alone
Scores of families got letters just like mine
And spent Christmas fearing for their homes
[Chorus]
[Bridge:] You got money, you got power.
You think you'll ram that pipeline through
But all your might doesn't make you right
And we'll fight, we'll fight to stop you
[Chorus]
We won't quit, we'll fight to save our land