Sheryl Crow Feat. Ben Harper - Gasoline lyrics

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Way back in the year of 2017<br />

The sun was growing hotter<br />

And the oil was way beyond it's peak<br />

When crazy Hector Johnson broke into the refinery<br />

And the black gold started flowing just like Boston tea<br />

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It was the summer of the riots<br />

And London sat in sweltering heat<br />

And the gangs of Mini Coopers<br />

Took the battle to the streets<br />

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But when the creed was handed down<br />

For no more trucks and no more cars<br />

They threw cans of petrol<br />

Through the windows of Scotland Yard and they yell<br />

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“Gasoline will be free, will be free, yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Gasoline will be free, will be free, yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Yeah, yeah, yeah”<br />

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When the mounties stormed the palace<br />

Of the Saudi family<br />

They held them up for ransom<br />

Without disturbing their high tea<br />

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But their get away was shaky<br />

They stalled in the Riyadh streets<br />

'Cause you can't make it very far<br />

When your tank is on empty<br />

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But the final can of gasoline was loaded on a truck<br />

And driven through the streets of Agra to the palace aqueduct<br />

You see, all the majesty of worship<br />

That once adorned these fatal halls<br />

Was just a target for the angry<br />

As they blew up the Taj Mahal, and they yell<br />

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“Gasoline will be free, will be free, yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Gasoline will be free, will be free, yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Gasoline will be free, will be free, yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Gasoline will be free, will be free, yeah, yeah, yeah”<br />

<br />

Yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

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My friend, Gary ran a market way down in Tennessee<br />

Where the farmers got together<br />

And talked about this great country<br />

But when the government turned it's back on farming<br />

Man, what I hear, is they dragged the pumps out of the ground<br />

With a big vintage John Deere<br />

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Well, I had soldiers on my payroll<br />

Standing guard on my front drive<br />

Snipers on my roof poised at those<br />

Who didn't want me alive<br />

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'Cause they audited my taxes<br />

And my family under threat<br />

'Cause I had a message and a megaphone<br />

And I'll scream it to the death, yeah<br />

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Gasoline will be free, will be free, yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Gasoline will be free, will be free, yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Gasoline will be free, will be free, yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Gasoline will be free, will be free, yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

<br />

Yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

Yeah, yeah, yeah<br />

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You got the farms in Argentina<br />

Making fuel from sugar cane<br />

You got the bastards of the Washington<br />

Afraid of popping that greed vain<br />

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'Cause the money's in the pipeline<br />

And pipeline's running dry<br />

And we'll be the last to recognize<br />

Where there's shit, there's always flies