Earth or Bust
[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Twangy Electric Guitar, Driving Bass, Loose Garage Drums, Hammond Organ Stabs and a Fast Analog Synth Pulse]
[Spoken Vocal]
Stick out your thumb…
(Ummm)
Where are you going?
(Not knowing…)
Earth…
Or bust?
[Verse 1]
Standing by the roadside
Watching traffic roll
Everybody’s moving
But nobody gives a ride
Got a little suitcase
Got a head full of dust
One road goes nowhere
One road says trust
Fossil fuel fool
Pushing one more mile
Burning through the future
With a confident smile
[Pre-Chorus]
Thumb!
(Thumb a ride!)
Ride!
(Nowhere to hide!)
Choose!
(Choose!)
A side!
[Refrain]
Stickin’ out my thumb
(Feelin’ a little dumb)
Earth… or bust
(It’s a must)
The fossil fuel fool
(Has made it uncool)
Both figuratively
(And literally…)
Literally!
[Chorus]
Earth or bust!
(Earth or bust!)
What’s it gonna be?
Earth or bust!
(Earth or bust!)
Choose your destiny
Earth or bust!
(Earth or bust!)
It’s a must!
[Verse 2]
You don’t have to suffer
You don’t have to crawl
You don’t have to give up
The good things at all
[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Raucous Garage-Rock Lead With Wah-Wah, Hammond Organ, Synth Bass and Driving Drums]
[Bridge]
Figuratively!
(Literally!)
Fossil fuel
(Fool!)
Cool?
(Not cool!)
Heat!
(Heat!)
Fuel!
(Fool!)
Burning the future
Is nobody’s rule
[Rap Vocal Break]
Stick out your thumb
Hitch a ride
But don’t get stuck
On the wrong side
Old technology
Old demand
Old excuses
Old command
“Can’t change”
(Why not?)
“Costs too much”
(Does not)
Check the ledger
Check the bill
Maybe changing
Pays you still
Demand destruction
Starts with a revolution
[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass, Acoustic Guitar and Hand Claps]
Earth…
Or bust.
[Whispered]
It’s a must.
[Final Refrain]
Stickin’ out my thumb
(Feelin’ a little dumb)
Earth… or bust
(It’s a must)
The fossil fuel fool
(Has made it uncool)
Both figuratively
(And literally…)
Literally!
[Final Chorus]
Earth or bust!
(Earth or bust!)
We’re on the road
Earth or bust!
(Earth or bust!)
Time to lighten the load
[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Twangy Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Hammond Organ and Synth; Band Accelerates Into a Sudden Stop]
Earth…
(Not so robust?)
Earth…
(A new birth)
Earth or bust!
[Spoken, fading]
Literally…
(Reality)
From the album “Robust“