A parody of Guns N Roses Civil War about a war we face everyday at the pump
A man writing parodies just because. .singing and writing is fun
I write parodies for fun and record them because I love performing. Check out my website at badave.com for more info! In case anyone is curious, my backing tracks are created by and used with permission by karaoke-version.com/en. They make some really cool karaoke tracks and are very approachable people.
Story behind the song
This long original was about a very serious topic, and while I had to take it on, I could not try and make something like this funny, instead, I took it to another serious place--the gas price war we are all forced to feed here in America, and indeed many other industrialized nations. I hope in my lifetime we have serious alternatives for travel--like H2O or Solar powered cars--but until then, we must fight the gas price war
Lyrics
"What's goin' on here is failure to mass transit.
The gas price is out of reach
So, you forfeit stuff to fill up your tank,
Which is the way oil wants it
Well, you give it
Hey I don't think it's any fairer than you do."
Look at the gas price rising
Look at the Jeep you're driving
Our resources are dying
And yet you still will drive some more
(This is not a democrat or conservative issue, its an issue of all many kind)
Price of food's hit the ceiling
They'll rob you, I'm not teasing
Now our bank account's bleeding
And still most people drive some more
Just ditch your pride
Take a bus, you can ride worldwide
And the gas goes up don't open wide
Don't let those vultures hit you from behind
It's not that hard, what's to decide
I'd rather eat than fuel a ride
And if we do prices may subside
but until then I am tired of this Gas Price War
(We are sick of our money going to the middle east
and yet we still do nothing in order to find alternatives to gas prices
This inherently builds a vicious cycle which we have no choice but to abide to)
Hummers are in demand
One person in a van
I guess we really aren't too clever
You could walk down the street
It won't kill your feet
Instead of always sitting down in those seats
So you turn the key and you drive again
You'll let it get down to 'E praying prices fall
Now we can't have freedom
'Cause we won't drill in our lands
We'll conserve our oceans
but screw foreign lands
I don't always need a car
I'll save my cash, this you can be assured
I'll use my Nikes walking down the old corner store
They're still flesh
I won't play this Gas Price War
No no no no no
(I know a midi does not do this song justice
however a backing track is not available
and until I have any ability to play like Guns N Roses
this will have to do
The message is more important than the musical background you are hearing now)
Riding a bike is thrilling
Subways aren't overfilling
Car pools for those whose willing
Other ways you can explore
We can not be so shallow
Look at your wallet you've Wollowed
Don't want to hear you hollow
I don't want to be broke no more
Our hands aren't tied
For every choice affects mankind
But yet Gas Wars get so high
Yes, every day, pockets getting tight
Reality cannot be denied
Priorities in which you must decide
It's getting hard for you to provide
Let's admit it's bizarre and step out our car
(Don't oppose mass transit
don't oppose the infection of the gas price war
unless you are prepared to take alternative routes such as
light rail, subways, trains, and buses
"We decide to get rid of basic necessities
and cut down on our groceries
and continue to give cash to the oil companies
Then those very companies
Use the money to advance
Their own agenda"
We can stop this Gas Price War
Reduce the mileage, it's not that hard a chore
Just roller blade it to the bus stop and don't
Buy Hummers no more
Not impressed
And we don't want your Gas Price War
No no no no no no no no no no
I think I'll step from my car
We must stop, 'cause it's gotten bizarre
They're making money of our stupid @$$es
but not me no more
Free at last
I won't feed your Gas Price War
No no no no no no no no no no
Too much use of my car
No No No No No No oh No
Save some money, let's take the bus today
