[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Slippery Slide Blues-Rock Guitar, Rolling Bass, Tight Drums, Analog Synth Pulse]
[Spoken Vocal]
Black gold…
(Is getting old)
Liquid energy…
(Lacks transparency)
A good thing?
(For absolutely nothing)
[Refrain]
Your oil
(Sure does spoil)
A good thing
(Sing:)
Oil
(A slippery slope)
… don’t be a dope
[Verse 1]
Pulled from deep beneath the ground
Black and slick and flowing round
Powered engines, trucks and trains
Built an age of fuel and flames
[Pre-Chorus]
Dig it!
(Pump it!)
Burn it!
(Turn it!)
[Chorus]
Oil
(Sure does spoil)
A good thing
(For a while)
Oil
(A slippery slope)
Don’t be a dope
(Find some hope)
Black gold
(Takes its toll)
Burned fuel
(Changes the whole)
[Verse 2]
Drill the ground and pump it out
Move the cargo, move it about
Refineries turn the crude to flame
Then the atmosphere bears the claim
[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Dirty Blues-Rock Lead, Bending Notes, Rolling Bass, Driving Drums, Organ Swells]
[Bridge]
Oil!
(Oil!)
Spoil!
(Spoil!)
Choice!
(Choice!)
Use your voice!
Less!
(Don’t be useless!)
Waste!
(Waste!)
Change!
(The taste!)
Don’t get caught
(On the slope)
Think ahead
(Find some hope)
[Breakdown]
[Drums Drop Out: Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Soft Organ]
A costly habit…
(For our habitat)
That’s where we’re at…
[Final Refrain]
Your oil
(Sure does spoil)
A good thing
(Sing:)
Oil
(A slippery slope)
… don’t be a dope
[Final Chorus]
Oil
(Sure does spoil)
Black gold
(With a toll)
Oil
(A slippery slope)
Don’t be a dope
(Find some hope)
Oil
(It’s your choice)
Use your voice
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Blues Guitar Riff, Rolling Bass, Drums, Organ, Synth Fade]
Oil…
A slippery slope…
Don’t be a dope…
Choose more hope…
[Spoken, fading]
Use less.
(Don’t be useless)
From the album “Demand Destruction“