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The Oil Song (Live in Rockville, MD, 2021)

by Steve Forbert

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THE OIL SONG

Hey, the captain's now free and his case it is closed,
The Exxon Valdez wrecked itself I suppose;
What's left of the life in the Prince William Sound
Might not condone what our court of law found!

And it’s oil! oil!
Creeping in the sea!
Don’t buy it at the station,
You can get it now for free,
Just come on down to the shoreline
Where the water used to be.

Registered in through Liberian doors,
Passin' the Shetlands near Scotland's cold shores,
A single-hulled ship with its engine broke down
Drifted five hours and then ran aground
Right where the wildlife preserve chanced to be
And twenty million more gallons got free!
But don't worry, folks, "It's all light crude!," they did say,
“It'll prob'ly break up and be gone right away!”


We're pumpin' out petrol, no matter what cost,
Now that eleven men's lives have been lost
The price is as high as rig workers can pay—
Payin' the price for the U.S. of A.
A deepwater rig called Horizon went down,
No way to seal off its pipe could be found;
120 million plus gallons away!
Panama City towards Galveston Bay,
Eighty-five days was the span of that leak,
Eighty-five days made for 12 greasy weeks;
What hit the surface was one thing I guess,
What’s underneath could take years to assess

And it's oil, oil,
Creepin' in the sea,
Don't buy it at the station,
You can get it now for free,
Just come on down to the shoreline
Where the water used to be.

The isle of Mauritius is suffering today, Expecting the worst, so the people there say,
A Japanese oil ship is leaking offshore,
A 1000 metric ton crisis outpour!
A coral reef, a shoreline, a mangrove lagoon Will not be like what they were anytime soon
‘Cause it's oil, oil,
Creepin' in the sea,
Don't buy it at the station,
You can get it now for free,
Just come on down to the shoreline
Where the water used to be.

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released July 19, 2022

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Steve Forbert

Folk-Rock, singer-songwriter. Romeo's Tune was his first major hit in 1979. Hometown: Meridian, Miss. Released 22 studio albums, including a Grammy-nominated tribute to fellow Meridian, Mississippi native, Jimmie Rodgers.

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