Gasoline 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1 Jul 2009
2009

What is it keeps
this world of ours a going?
What is it makes us
happy night and day?
What is the precious thing
for which we're blowing
each blessed dollar
of our weekly pay?
What takes us, breaks us,
shakes us and awakes us?
What is the greatest thing
beneath the sun?
What helps us all along the line,
then makes us have many bills
to pay when day is done?

Gasoline! Gasoline!
Ev'rywhere you go you smell it,
ev'ry motor seems to yell it,
Gasoline! Gasoline!
That's the cry
that echoes thro your dreams.
Gasoline! Gasoline!
In this land of milk and honey
tisn't love it isn't money
Rules the world,
now ain't it funny?
Gasoline! Gasoline!

Gasoline! Gasoline!
Ev'rywhere you go you smell it,
ev'ry motor seems to yell it,
Gasoline! Gasoline!
That's the cry
that echoes thro your dreams.
Gasoline! Gasoline!
In this land of milk and honey
tisn't love it isn't money
Rules the world,
now ain't it funny?
Gasoline! Gasoline!

It hurries us to scenes
of joy or sadness,
Up in the air
upon the land or sea
It cleans our clothes
it fills our hearts with gladness
And likewise fills the pockets of John D.
It kindles fires
it puts them out, it carries
policeman, firemen,
merchant, king and slave,
it thrills, it kills,
it separates, it marries.
It takes us
from the cradle to the grave.

Gasoline! Gasoline!
Ev'rywhere you go you smell it,
ev'ry motor seems to yell it,
Gasoline! Gasoline!
That's the cry
that echoes thro your dreams.
Gasoline! Gasoline!
In this land of milk and honey
tisn't love it isn't money
Rules the world,
now ain't it funny?
Gasoline! Gasoline!

Gasoline! Gasoline!
Ev'rywhere you go you smell it,
ev'ry motor seems to yell it,
Gasoline! Gasoline!
That's the cry
that echoes thro your dreams.
Gasoline! Gasoline!
In this land of milk and honey
tisn't love it isn't money
Rules the world,
now ain't it funny?
Gasoline! Gasoline!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Gasoline 1913
Music by Paul Pratt
Lyrics by J.Will Callahan
© MCMXIII by Frank K.Root & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 1 July 2009 at 23.22
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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