[Verse 1]
John Oaks is in the neighborhood
Protectin' all the trees
He's the master of irrigation
And he knows what he sees

[Verse 2]
Great farmers watering everywhere
Pipes runnin' where they please
John sees his laws are broken
Trees drowning where they breathe

[Verse 3]
Now John used to be a mellow man
Drinkin' Chai and smokin' weed
Ain't no one in the county
Ever see'd what he see'd

[Chorus]
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks

[Verse 4]
Old John rides in his pickup
With rakes and friends in the back
Workers he takes with him
Then he drives them all back
[Verse 5]
To protect 'em from the politicians
Using them to get ahead
Preyin' on the people
Tryin' to get inside their heads

[Verse 6]
John Oaks is really stand up
He won't take shit lyin' down
He calls it like he sees it
And he puts his money down

[Chorus]
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks

[Verse 7]
One day at the demonstration
John Oaks was standin' up
He arrived there at the location
In his old pickup truck

[Verse 8]
Took a rake in his hand
And his workers by his side
Stood there waitin' for his turn
To speak and turn the tide
[Verse 9]
When he found himself surrounded
By police everywhere
They tried to take his workers to jail
When he grabbed one by his hair

[Chorus]
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks

[Verse 10]
Shots rang out and people yelled
As the police took control
Shot a black man right where he fell
With a sniper on the knoll

[Verse 11]
John Oaks saw law and order
Was leadin' him astray
Tried to get back in his pickup
With his workers to get away

[Verse 12]
That's when the police moved in
And stood there in his way
John started up his pickup
And that was his last day
[Chorus]
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 13]
They said he had a pistol
When the old pickup backfired
And they shot him there behind the wheel
And then John Oaks expired

[Verse 14]
The workers grabbed the rakes
And that's all that I can say
They went to the cemetery
And they stay there to this day

[Chorus]
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks

[Harmonica Solo]

[Outro]
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks
John Oaks