an idea

Blood for Oil
(June 2005)

Pull the blood from our veins

And pump it to the pipelines-

The transcontinental ones

So we can replace the blood in all of us

With that soiled and sullied gasoline

Only then will we see its value

And quit this useless spillage

Of blood for oil

Never again will we waste our fuel

Or let our blood be tainted with viruses and disease

If it becomes the true lifeblood of our mortality

Hello Mr. President

And other G8 figureheads

Your diluted words mean less and less

Still, however

Cutting like a knife

Just give it up, confess

We’ve got to stop this useless war

This haste made scar on the power nations of the world

You see the others there

The little guys, they’re laughing at us

And mocking us heavily

For we’ve too long shook the hands of political crooks

That we’ve forgotten to lend our palms for the less fortunate

So go trade this oil, no not on the open market

Go swap oil for blood

And see how quickly it recedes

This flood

This flood of utter displeasure and despondence