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[Verse 1]
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  Sailing down my dirty stream
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Still I love it and I'll keep the dream
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That some day, though maybe not this year
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My Hudson River will once again run clear
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It starts high in the mountains of the north
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Crystal clear and icy trickles forth
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With just a few floating wrappers of chewing gum
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Dropped by some hikers to warn of things to come

[Verse 2]
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  At Glens Falls, five thousand honest hands
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Work at the consolidated paper plant
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Five million gallons of waste a day
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Why should we do it any other way?
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Down the valley one million toilet chains
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Find my Hudson so convenient place to drain
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And each little city says, "Who, me?
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Do you think that sewage plants come free?"

[Verse 3]
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Out in the ocean they say the water's clear
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But I live right at Beacon here
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Half way between the mountains and the sea
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Tacking to and fro this thought returns to me
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Sailing down my dirty stream
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Still I love it and I'll dream
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That some day, though maybe not this year
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My Hudson River will once again run clear