Ancient Sunlight
I received a whispered warning
I could hardly hear the sound
It was ancient sunlight dawning
From somewhere underground
t was crying in the darkness
It was weeping for the waste
By the greedy and the thoughtless
Who all live for the taste
Of the oil
It’s a million years in making
But it’s gone in just a few
And those who did the taking
Were the ones who never knew
What the price that was required
For their drilling in the ground
When that sunlight has expired
They’ll be searching all around
For the oil
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For the oil that moves a nation
For the oil that moves the earth
For the oil that’s quickly running out
And bleeding on the dirt
For the oil from ancient sunlight
That’s bones and flesh and heart
When that ancient sun is gone
We’ll go walking in the dark
There’ll be no more of warnings
It’s as plain as plain can be
But there will come a morning
Nobody can foresee
When that last black drop is oozing,
Holding back with all its might
When we’ve finally finished using
Up that ancient, ancient light
From the oil
© 2011 Chuck Puckett