The Petrol Grip

Verse 1

Empty

Tank is dry

Numbers spinning on the dial

Black gold bleeding through the cracks

They trade our futures for a barrel of grease

They sell

They buy

Prices climb like a mountain peak

Bitter breath of the exhaust pipe

Chorus

What is the truth

What is the truth

The dollar is falling

The dollar is falling

Who holds the leash

Who holds the leash

We need a new way

Before the sun goes down

Before the sun goes down

Verse 2

Hunger

Bread costs double

The tractor runs on the heavy sludge

Fertilizer flows from a deep dark well

Sucker punched by a war we didn't start

Cold steel

Old debt

Bankrupt souls in a bankless town

Iron clouds covering the cornfields

Deep holes

Deeper lies

One more day is all I ask

Chorus

What is the truth

What is the truth

The dollar is falling

The dollar is falling

Who holds the leash

Who holds the leash

We need a new way

Before the sun goes down

Before the sun goes down

Bridge

Maybe we find it

Maybe we fix it

Maybe we wake up

I pray for the light

I pray for the peace

I pray for the strength

Stop the gears

Shift the weight

Break the grip of the crude oil

Guitar Solo

Chorus

What is the truth

What is the truth

The dollar is falling

The dollar is falling

Who holds the leash

Who holds the leash

We need a new way

Before the sun goes down

Before the sun goes down

Outro

Keep the sun shining

Just one more day

Keep it shining

One more day

One more

Day