It's All About Oil

from DanMingo by Steve Swindells

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lyrics

Demolition derby going on in my back yard.
Eight to five, it beats my brain, when life is getting so hard.

Home was once a haven, but now I see the ravens
flying through the dusty sky, to drop their calling cards.

It’s all about oil, we are not vegetable,
we’re talking mineral, when blood begins to boil.
It’s animal, it’s all about oil.
It’s criminal, so who are you loyal to? Hey you!

Push, push in the bush. I said push, push in the bush.

Repetition hardly took the wind from your sails,
day and night, you’re out of sight - your program never fails.

Sending you a lifeline - pouring through your pipeline.
Wonder if this phoney war might lead to peace of mind?

It’s all about oil, we are not vegetable,
we’re talking mineral, when blood begins to boil.
It’s animal, it’s all about oil.
It’s criminal, so who are you loyal to? Hey you!

Push, push in the Bush. Push, push in the Bush.

Hey you - who are you talking to?
Practising your diplomacy with your own brand of hypocrisy.
You’re fighting the hostility of someone’s minor deity,
one man’s meat is poison - who owns your country’s soil?

Hey you! It’s all about oil.

Push, push in the bush. I Said push, push in the bush.

It’s all about oil...

Words and music © Steve Swindells

credits

from DanMingo, released January 16, 2021
Drums: Jon Moss. Guitar: Jerry Richards. Bass: Winston Blissett. Keyboards and vocals: Steve Swindells.

Words and music © Steve Swindells

Produced by Jon Waterhouse and Steve Swindells @ Christchurch Studios, Clifton, Bristol in 2003.

Photo (of an abandoned industrial estate in Basilicata, Italy) @ Steve Swindells

See it live at the Cafe De Paris in 2007 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGk-vyXZXiw

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