04 - Nine Dollar Gasoline

[Intro – bluesy guitar riff] Gas sign glowing Down the road. Numbers climbing Higher than before. [Verse 1] Man at the pump Watching every tick. Meter spinning fast Like a broken trick. Truck stop coffee Cold and black. Radio talking About the next attack. [Chorus – organ swell] Nine dollar gasoline, Burning through the week. Working just to drive From the job to the street. Nine dollar gasoline, Everybody knows. When the numbers climb That’s the way it goes. [Verse 2] Factory whistle Echoing the dawn. Paycheck thinner Every month that’s gone. Storefront windows Prices on the rise. Mother counting dollars With tired eyes. [Chorus] Nine dollar gasoline, Burning through the week. Working just to drive From the job to the street. Nine dollar gasoline, Everybody knows. When the numbers climb That’s the way it goes. [Bridge – organ and horns build] You can hear it in the engines, You can feel it in the air, Every mile gets heavier When the road don’t seem fair. [Final Chorus] Nine dollar gasoline, Burning through the week. Working just to drive From the job to the street. Nine dollar gasoline, Everybody knows. When the numbers climb That’s the way it goes.