I finally found a job in a paper
Movin´ barrels at a chemical plant
There´s shiny-looking dust on my fingers
Goin´ up my nose and into my lungs

It´s the Kepone poisoning—Minamata
Kepone poisoning—Minamata
At the grimy Kepone Factory
Turning people into bonzai trees

Now I´ve got these splitting headaches
I can´t quite get it up no more
I can´t sleep and it´s driving me crazy
I shake all day and I´m seeing double

Kepone poisoning—Minamata
Kepone poisoning—Minamata


Gonna go down your big metal building
Gonna slam right through your bright metal door
Gonna grab you by your sta-prest collar
And ram some kepone down your throat

The lawyer says ´That´s the breaks, kid
Gonna gnarl and rot the rest of your life
If you don´t sue, we´ll give you a Trans-Am…´
That I´ll never drive cos I shake all the time


´Cause of the Kepone poisoning
Minamata
At the grimy Kepone factory