I've been waiting for years to buy a brand new cadillac
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But now that I've got one I want to send it right back
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I can't afford the gas to fill my luxury limousine
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But even if I had the dough no one's got no gasoline
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I went to my local dealer to see if he could set me straight
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He said there's a little gas going but I'd have to wait
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But he offered some red hot speed and some really high grade hash
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But a gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere for any amount of cash
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I can score you some coke and some grade one grass
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But I can't get a gallon of gas
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I've got some downers some speed all the drugs that you need
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But I can't get a gallon of gas
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There's no more left to buy or sell
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There's no more oil left in the well
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A gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere
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For any amount of cash
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Two extra verses from long version:
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I love your body-work, but you're really no use
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How can I drive you when I got no juice?
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Because it's stuck in neutral and my engine's got no speed
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And the highways are deserted
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And the air smells unnaturally clean.
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It's got power-assisted overdrive and carpets on the floor,
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But it's parked out front just like a dead dinosaur.
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And I'll be paying off the bank for 45 years or more.
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It should go 100 miles an hour,
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But it's never moved away from my door.
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Who needs a car and a seven-forty-seven
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When you can't buy a gallon of gas
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Who needs a highway, an airport or a jet
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When you can't get a gallon of gas
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There's no more left to buy or sell
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There's no more oil left in the well
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A gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere
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For any amount of cash
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You can't buy a gallon of gas
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A Gallon Of Gas
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