The California High Speed Rail Song

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Finish the Line
Created by Alex Davis, @JacksonBetz and Isaac Weintraub in partnership with Californians for Electric Rail.

Lyrics:
Tough talking politicians can be real loud,
firing up a big crowd.
Torches and pitchforks.
Yeah, so what?

So they missed another deadline.
How is this a headline?
Megaprojects do this and they still get done.

Private jetting through the skies.
It should be no surprise a couple
petty tech tyrants want the project killed.

People want it finished faster, call it a disaster.
Don't you understand it takes some time to build?

We got the paparazzi screaming bloody murder.
When the trains start rolling, bet they’ll say they were supporters of

high speed rail in Cali
screaming down the Central Valley.
Tough construction ain't
nothing if we join and rally.

130 billion, I think that's fine.
Cause 220 sure beats going 79.


If this was an Interstate,
there would be no debate,
cause even the Republicans would think it's great.

Tryna’ claw back every cent of
federal dollars spent. Bro!
California's covered 81%.

Kevin Kiley, quit pretending.
Tell me why we're spending
50 billion bucks a year on highway lanes.

Boondoggle’s what they tell us.
I know they’re just jealous.
California's gonna get a bullet train!

This is the cutting edge
of train construction.
So step back, China, cause America's
about to get some

high speed railroad travel.
Shooting past the grapes and cattle.
Highway pavement ain't
nothing next to steel and gravel.

130 billion, I think that's fine.
Cause 220 sure beats going 79.

Oh the Shinkansen went a trillion yen
over budget, but they didn't quit.
They pushed it ‘til the end.

If we give up now, then we'll never reach
our destiny of intercity ecstasy.
Unstoppable velocity!

Attention, passengers.
This train will be making the following
stops.

Bakersfield, Merced and Fresno.
Build it even bigger if the president says no.

Salesforce, Union, Diridon.
Never gonna stop until the whole thing's done.

Put the shovels in.
Get tunnelin’.
Raise the bonds and tax money. We can funnel in a

130 billion. I think that's fine.
Cause there's nothing that I wouldn't give to finish the line.