"the price of oil"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Denise Caruso <[mailto:caruso () hybridvigor org]> 
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 8:17 AM
To: farber () dsl cis upenn edu
Subject: Fwd: "the price of oil"

Dave, I got this -- with the accompanying MP3, which I'm not sending 
you since I"m on a dialup line -- from a friend last night. Billy 
Bragg, if you haven't heard of him, is a very popular country-western 
singer. Not exactly the coastal liberal elite. As my friend below 
writes, "kind of amazing." For the list if you'd like.

Denise

> Subject: "the price of oil"
> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:03:43 -0400
>
> Billy Bragg has been playing this at his shows, and tossing out cds
asking
> people to distribute this song everywhere they can.
>
> PLAY THIS SONG --  <<bragg-price of oil.mp3>>
>
> It's kind of amazing... a friend of mine even typed out the lyrics:
>
>
> "Voices on the radio
> Tell us that we're going to war
> Those brave men and women in uniform
> They want to know what they're fighting for
> The generals want to hear the end game
> The allies want to approve the plan
> But the oil men in the White House
> They just don't give a damn
>
> It's all about the price of oil
> It's all about the price of oil
> Don't give me no shit about blood, sweat, tears and toil
> It's all about the price of oil
>
> Now I ain't no fan of Saddam Hussein
> Oh, please don't get me wrong
> If it's freeing the Iraqi people you're after
> Then why have we waited so long
> Why didn't we sort this out last time
> Was he less evil than he is now
> The stock market holds the answer
> To why him, why here, why now
>
> Because it's all about the price of oil
> It's all about the price of oil
> Don't give me no shit about blood, sweat, tears and toil
> It's all about the price of oil
>
> Saddam killed his own people
> Just like General Pinochet
> And once upon a time both these evil men
> Were supported by the U.S.A.
> And whiskered even Bin Laden
> Once drank from America's cup
> Just like that election down in Florida
> This shit doesn't all add up
>
> Because it's all about the price of oil
> It's all about the price of oil
> Don't give me no shit about blood, sweat, tears and toil
> It's all about the price of oil"
>
>
>
> That shit doesn't all add up, indeed.
-- 
Denise Caruso
Founder & Executive Director
The Hybrid Vigor Institute
+1 415.543.8113 vox/fax
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