Dead Kennedys - Cesspools In Eden Lyrics

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The eerie minor chords in this song match the subject matter to perfection

I dedicate this song to the state of Florida. Nothing more accurately describes what’s currently going on there. The water is so bad the manatee’s swam all the way up to Virginia. Everything is washing up dead, peoples dogs that were playing in the water a few days ago died from organ failure after licking the water off their fur.

I have the first pressing of this album with original “newspaper” insert. DK RULES!!!

Give me convince or give me death! But i love me some bedtime for democracy!!! DK all day!!

tks, for post! <3

LYRICS: 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

I have to be sacrificed to Satan for what I've done...it won't be a worthy sacrifice anyway...

Easily the best song on this album. And one of my DK favs.

Too bad more of this album wasn't on par with this song. Their only album Im not crazy about, still, after relistening many years later. Seems really unispired, musically.

It was probably because of all the legal bullshit that happened after Frankenchrist. That combined with the ever increasing violence of the punk scene at the time and its no wonder why the band doesn't seem very inspired for much of this record.

Im turning half century now. I cant start a riot, but i still can provoke a damm good short circuit..

Happy belated birthday

East Bay Ray!!!!

Badass song

Drain the Trump swamp.

danielscissorhands uh huh he's like Obama and the Clintons paid by the same damn oligarchy to shill n make the libtards and the re(p)tards aka fools fight with one another.

Yeah, it's an old song, but still rings true. I've talked to people in Times Beach, (Near) Rocky Flats & Love Canal. All remember it well. Profits over people. Pray you don't end up in a place like them. Today it would just be dismissed as "Fake News." Merry Xmas hostages!

concord, clyde, martinez, benecia is a big waste dump

Wolverine vs Hulk.

WEST COAST PUNK!

We must pollute more areas to breed bands like that!

Dead Kenny G's!

I read that write in Wolverine vs hulk ultimate!

This and Moon over Marin are a couple of my Favorite DK songs...the scary part is they are true!!

Kepone Factory! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etHXCIhCWQM

they sound more like PIL here than dk

Laura Plant CAN YOU IMAGINE JOHNNY LYDON AND JELLO BIAFRA IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER?

Jello Brockovich

4:56 VROOOM

Gee, growing up in San Diego all we had to worry about was un-exploded ordnance, suburbs built over former military firing ranges.... Hello Tierrasanta, hello Mira Mesa.... Wonderful places to raise your family, and your kids can grow up with colorful nicknames like 'Southpaw' and 'Lefty.'

Leonard Schneider what about the aerospace facility, Ketema/AMETEK, which was based in East SD County and contaminated ground water via toxic dumping underneath an elementary school in El Cajon.

Leonard Schneider + they did that for 20 years.

7.1.15 - 7.1.17
Pour toi Charb.

This song is about Martinez ,ca

with the results of the latest election maybe punk will come back with the DK leading the way!

Was a better option than Hilary.

Been playing bass for 35 years.I still consider Klouse Floride one of the best bassists I have heard.

Are you the bassist for Genghis Tron? If so I saw you all on tour with Dillinger Escape Plan many a moon ago.

listen to Geddy

Probably, well to me , the greatest bass player to have ever walked the earth

Free man...rock on

The genius of East Bay Ray.

Surf'n' Roll..
Great track!!!

kid runs in crying
from playing in the garden
look mommy
i burned my hands ....

FUCK YEAH

Why are our babies stillborn?!?!?

I can't count the number of best songs Jello is affiliated with, and
they constantly remain best songs, some for 35 years already. This love
is for life. How could it not? After all these years their sound still is unique and unmatched,
as are Jello's lyrics. Prophetic words

yeah!!!!dissin jello means fuckin LIFE SENTENCE!!!!!

no Death Sentence!

True love based in a vision for da world under the red colour of iguality for all

hulk vs wolverine

probably the best overall song by these guys. jello was on his game in 1986

Kalen Percha didnt they break up after 85

love yur werk...wish bands still had the early years of punk rock!!!

jello are u democratic or republican?

+navajo warrior Green

Still the best punk ever imo

+Junk Bond The way they blended that combination of surf-flange, 1950's commercial americana, punk satire, and seedy dystopianism was pure genius.

@thelash just like u said

Es muy bueno este tema y suena terrible !

can u add the lyrics to the info section

+matt naumann


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

subtitulos en español please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

All Ive got is lyrics:

El veneno está burbujeando
Debajo de tu casa de ensueño
Enterrado allí años antes
El niño corre en el llanto
De jugar en el jardín
-¡Mamá, me quemé las manos!
"¿Qué es lo que hace que nuestros ojos tan picazón?"
-No los frotes, se hincharán.
Oh oh oh oh
Es el gran vertedero de basura
Oh si
Construimos sus casas pegajosas
En tierra de vertedero
Cubrir un regalo
Te dejamos años antes
De productos químicos tóxicos
Y gas fugas
Sólo cava un poco,
Encontrará nuestros baños de ácido
Cesspools
En eden
Oozing lejos:
El agua subterránea está envenenada
Picaduras de aire como el infierno
Las líneas para los médicos crecen mucho
Sobre martinis
La empresa se ríe
-No te debemos una maldita cosa.
Pero ¿qué pasa con todos estos desmayos?
¿Cómo te gustó un lamer
De mis llagas abiertas
Y Oh:. Oh Oh Oh -
¿Por qué nuestros bebés nacen muertos?
Un tanque de almacenamiento de fugas
Está a punto de explotar
¿Por qué evacuar?
Cuando puedes ver la diversión
No pasa nada aquí
Salga de las sillas de jardín
Beberemos limonada rosa
Y ver a Martínez quemar
Cesspools
En eden
Escurrido
Cesspools en Eden
Fuga por el día
La tierra que te vendimos
Está justo encima de nuestros fosos ácidos
Los llenamos por el camión
En la muerte de la noche
Hay miles más tóxicos
Consejos del iceberg
Pagamos un pequeño soborno
O simplemente no los reportamos
Y vea lo que usted consigue-
Cesspools
En eden
En eden
No hay accidente-
Sólo un poco de nuestra negligencia alimentada por la codicia
Así que has encontrado la prueba de por qué
La tasa de cáncer se disparó
Pero que vas a hacer
Cuando tengamos todas las cartas
Times Beach, Pisos rocosos,
Canal de amor y Bhopal
Feliz Navidad, rehenes
De la gente que cuida
Cesspools en Eden
Escurrido
Cesspools en Eden
Fuga por el día
Cesspools en Eden
Que tengas un buen día

@Joshua Gulino , muchas gracias !!!!!!

grunge before it was cool

Mihai Dragomir As said above, this is not grunge. This is punk.

Yeah, but he's right! It does sound totally grungy! It's from my era. I was there, & by the time grunge came, I was around 19. But I never put my finger on this. It does sound like that crap that so many aspired towards while punk was being murdered by Greed Day & shit like that.

I saw one of the very first of Green Day's shows before they were known at all, & I think they sold their souls for fame & fortune. 'Cause that music sounded like SHIT but the entire crowd, even friends of mine were going bat shit for this total garbage!

I don't care for Jello today. But I will always love him for how much he helped me through my childhood.

God Bless ya Jello. And... HAVE A NICE DAY...

Grunge is a funny genre to pin down. If you look at the genres biggest bands: nirvana, stp, smashing pumpkins, soundgarden, pearl jam, alice in chains.. they all were quite different from one another. With enough difference to justify classification of each into their respective sub-genre. As far as essence, nirvana and smashing pumpkins are most similiar but even those 2 are so different when you look at the guitar styles that drove each band. Soundgarden and alice and chains both had a metal influence, now that i think about it, those 2 were most alike.

Check out some old Alice Donut and Butthole Surfers, if you want some pre-grunge. I still can't believe grunge is actually a thing. Alternative Tentacles is the oldest Indi record label! Jello is a true pioneer. What happens when you put two pioneers together? LARD! The band that never toured. Damn shame.

We called it "punk rock" back then.

good band of the 70/80/and 90s

This is one of the best DK songs ever!!!

willstak ranks up there with "This Could Be Anywhere"

Yes, agreed

two LONG ones on the album , is it still punk?

i agree

τοσα χρονια ακουω αυτο και ακομα λεω πως εμεις οι punkys δεν καναμε ακομα επαναστσταση τη περιμενουμε να ερθη το κακο στο σπιτι μας NO JUSTICE NO PEACE ......FUCK THE THE POLICE

i heard cuts from this album in '86 on LA late night radio with JB in the studio being interviewed between songs. I need to dig out those tapes. My first reaction when hearing this then is noting how much DK had improved as musicians, also the production was better. But more than that was the huge progress in making smoother, better crafted songs.

I feel this is too polished, I preferred the rawness of the earlier stuff

Ron was a fucking bad ass

Cesspools in Eden....wake up people, youre livin in it...oh yeah.

jajajajajja sos un genio man

this is for everyone in balcome

é mesmo!!!!!!!

IT´S THE SAME INTRO OF LUIS MIGUEL IN THE SONG NO SUPISTE AMAR

loved the dead kennedys. now after the lawsuit and them reforming without jello i can no longer like the rest of the band. just a bunch of politics and they screwed over biafra. still love the music as i always will. damn good band

eb ray is a guitar hero

jello is like a super hero only he is the anti hero hahaha i love the bass in this

best and ever

We'll attack the red white and blue with red white and black.. haha

Fuk yeah dk grave for me too