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Way back in the year of 2017
The sun was growing hotter
And oil was way beyond it's peak
When crazy Hector Johnson broke into a refinery
And the black gold started flowing
Just like Boston tea
It was the summer of the riots
And London sat in sweltering heat
And the gangs of Mini Coopers
Took the battle to the streets
But when the creed was handed down
For no more trucks and no more cars
They threw cans of petrol through the
windows at Scotland Yard
Gasoline
Will be free, will be free Gasoline
Will be free, will be free
When the Mounties stormed the
palace of the Saudi family
They held them up for ransom
Without disturbing their high tea
But their getaway was shaky
They stalled in the Riyadh streets
Cause you can't make it very far
When your tank is on empty
The final can of gasoline was loaded on a truck
And driven through the streets of
Agra to the palace aquaduct
[ Lyrics found at www.mp3lyrics.org/aPAw ]
You see, all the majesty of
worship that once adorned these
fatal halls
Was just a target to the angry
As they blew up the Taj Mahal
Gasoline
Will be free, will be free Gasoline
will be free, will be free
Gary ran a market way down in Tennessee
Where all the farmers got
together and talked about this
great country
But when the government turned
it's back on farming
Man, what I hear
They dragged the pumps out of the ground
With a big vintage John Deere
I've got soldiers on my payroll
Standing guard on my front drive
Snipers on the roof poised at those
Who don't want me alive
Cause they audited my taxes
My family under threat
Cause I've got a message and a megaphone
And I'll scream it to the death
Gasoline
Will be free, will be free Gasoline
Will be free, will be free
You got the farms in Argentina
Making fuel from sugar cane
You got the bastards in Washington
Afraid of popping the greed vain
Cause the money's in the pipeline
And pipeline's running dry
And we'll be the last to recognize
Where there's shit there's always flies
End of song
This is a doomer song if I ever heard one.
It may be a doomer song, but if those are the full lyrics then it's hard to say it's about peak oil or even geologically difficult oil. Sounds far more like a complaint that the avatars of greed are withholding the gasoline for the joy of it, but after the revolution it ought to cost nothing. Maybe Hugo Chavez (from where gasoline is almost free) and NASCAR (where they'd like it to be free) will both take it up as an anthem. It might be the first time they agree on something, LOL.
Nope, I don't get it. If oil has run out, those are some real expensive Molotov cocktails!
The song has too many internal consistencies to form a coherent argument. Perhaps we should invite Ms Crow to communicate through the medium of a blog post, rather than song lyrics?
Oh my god... it's art, for crying out loud, not a Ph.D. dissertation.
I think she knows what peak oil is. And in case you haven't noticed, homo sapiens is anything but a rational creature.