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Subject:Re: [WetWesties] Friday Stuff
From:Jonathan Stone
Date:Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:11:01 -0700

Good one Loren.  I'll at it to my repertoire.
Thanks for sharing,  Jonathan

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> I ran into this in my archives the other day. It came from one of the VW
> lists a couple of years ago but seems even better right now.
>
> *Mr Gasoline Man*
>
> *by Bob Dylan Thomas Hardy Hamburger*
>
> * *
>
> *(to the tune of Mr. Tambourine Man,*
>
> *by Bob Dylan, way back when)*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> * Hey, Mr. Gasoline Man, bring your prices down.*
>
> * I'm not wealthy and I can't get where I'm going to.*
>
> * Hey, Mr. Gasoline Man, bring your prices down,*
>
> * Help me get along on half of what I'm paying you.*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> * Though I know that Exxon's empire has drilled into our brain,*
>
> * Left us feeling pain,*
>
> * Kept us blindly here to spend and keep on spending.*
>
> * Conformity amazes me, astonished once again*
>
> * At people, oh, so vain*
>
> * To think that gasoline will last without ending.*
>
> * *
>
> * Hey, Mr. Gasoline Man, bring your prices down.*
>
> * I'm not wealthy and I can't get where I'm going to.*
>
> * Hey, Mr. Gasoline Man, bring your prices down,*
>
> * Help me get along on half of what I'm paying you.*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> * I tried to take a trip upon your golden octane ship -*
>
> * My wallet, it was stripped, my money had no grip,*
>
> * It did not like my hip, only waiting for your gas pumps*
>
> * To be leaving me.*
>
> * I'm ready to go anywhere, but cannot foot the bill.*
>
> * With prices rising still, all my hopes will soon be nil,*
>
> * I promise I can't handle it.*
>
> * *
>
> * Hey, Mr. Gasoline Man, bring your prices down.*
>
> * I'm not wealthy and I can't get where I'm going to.*
>
> * Hey, Mr. Gasoline Man, bring your prices down,*
>
> * I need my nose for breathing, not for paying through.*
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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