Don’t electrocute our great trees
They’ve done nothing wrong, if you please
Never had a fair trial
And do nothing vile
Just stand there enjoying the breeze
We don’t need electrification
For a little more acceleration
To arrive slightly faster
Creates a disaster
For us, but for you, celebration
Don’t cut down the trees that we love
For electrified wires above
They’re a horrible sight
A real visual blight
Out-the-door give those wires a shove
About three hundred forty-eight
Atherton trees facing their fate
To be pruned or cut down
Ruin part of the town
Of course it is something to hate
Menlo Park’s number: six twenty-nine
To suffer the chain-saw’s loud whine
The Tree City’s pride
For a faster train ride
Shouldn’t suffer a major decline
We’ve studied the D-E-I-R
More pages than needed by far
But they hide key info
You don’t want us to know
So fewer bad comments there are
Tier 4 locomotives are new
Almost no emissions they spew
Fuel efficient success
With noise that is less
They accelerate faster too
The E I R mind was pre-set
An electrify goal must be met
As would be suspected
Diesel options rejected
Tier 4, not a thought did it get
So give Tier 4 diesels a chance
You’ll find they can really enhance
Better service and more
Keep the trees we adore
Let all options take part in the dance
A “Blended System” you say
High-Speed-Rail, Caltrain share right-of-way
But details are few
We don’t have a clue
So therefore our answer is “nay”
And we do not admire
The huge cost of the wire
Eight hundred million or more
A tax waste we abhor
That Tier 4 would never require
We say to electrification
Please take a lengthy vacation
So let our trees grow
Until we can know
A real plan for our destination
