Gasoline Bill (demo)

from Faulty Gems by Hank Stone

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Gasoline Bill
He’s gonna take his fill
Without him you may never get up that hill
Gasoline Bill

“Get a horse!” Said the lady with the boots on her feet
Wading through the horseshit covering the street
“Your evil machine is belching fumes;
It fouls the air that it consumes!”
“My dear lady, your bonnet’s a-buzz
With my beeswax! This vehicle does what it does
In superior fashion to your vaunted beast!
Our city’s commerce shall be much increased!”

Gasoline Bill
He’s gonna take his fill
Without him you may never get up that hill
Gasoline Bill

This character says we’re unsafe at any speed!
Have you been on an airplane? That’s where you’ll need
To strap things down so they don’t fly about,
As all the passengers flail and shout!
Senator if we’re forced to put seat belts in our automobile
Folks won’t feel safe when they’re behind the wheel
It’s an alien conspiracy to stifle liberty
Here, take this packet, it’s a little something from me.

Gasoline Bill
He’s gonna take his fill
Without him you may never get up that hill
Gasoline Bill

We have filled in the marshes and dammed all the streams
It’s the fulfillment of our utopian dreams
Trains followed the rivers and the Indian trails
But highways are less restrictive than rails
I can drive anywhere that I goddamn please
In my all wheel drive I can even climb trees…
I ain’t goin’ electric even if it’s built Ford tough,
“Cause you ain’t got a power cord long enough

Gasoline Bill
He’s gonna take his fill
Without him you may never get up that hill
Gasoline Bill

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from Faulty Gems, track released August 11, 2023

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