Jim Redgewell Music: Canvey Island

CANVEY ISLAND

Canvey Island, where the fuel tanks glisten in the sun

Canvey Island, there's lots and lots of gas for everyone

If you wanna buy a house, they're not very hard to find

But insurance is so high, that you're gonna blow your mind

There's an island that is home, for myself and family

Canvey Island is my home, but it’s a dangerous place to be

Don’t go smoking in the road, for the gas works might explode

And our home will disappear beneath the sea

Canvey Island, where the fuel tanks glisten in the sun

Canvey Island, there's lots and lots of gas for everyone

If you wanna buy a house, they're not very hard to find

But insurance is so high, that you're gonna blow your mind

Canvey Island is a bomb, that might explode at any time

But life goes on from day to day and no one seems to mind

If we don’t speak out today, our last chance may fade away

And we’ll end up with no home of any kind

Canvey Island, where the fuel tanks glisten in the sun

Canvey Island, there's lots and lots of gas for everyone

If you wanna buy a house, they're not very hard to find

But insurance is so high, that you're gonna blow your mind

Oh please don’t blow up our island

Oh please don’t blow up our home

We don’t wanna sink in the river

Or be covered over by the foam

Canvey Island, where the fuel tanks glisten in the sun

Canvey Island, there's lots and lots of gas for everyone

If you wanna buy a house, they're not very hard to find

But insurance is so high, that you're gonna blow your mind