For mechanical licensing contact Maria Palma, Warner Chappell, Los Angeles. I cleared this a few years ago and prices went down, looks like it's time for this song again.
GASOLINE BLUES (SUMMER TIME BLUES)
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© 1958 Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart
© 1958 Warner Chappell Publisher
© 2008 Jon Hanson on derivative lyrics only
Well it’s time to raise a fuss, it’s time to scream and holler!
About that old fossil fuel just sucking up our dollars
Well today when I stopped in to fill-er-up
I doubled the value of my old truck (spoken-line bass voice )
Sometimes I wonder what I’m gonna do
cause there ain’t no cure for the GASOLINE BLUES
Everyone knows you gotta work for your money
I think I’ll look for a second job first thing Monday
Well they got us over a barrel—if you know what I mean
Cover the kid’s eyes those prices are obscene!
Sometimes I wonder what I’m gonna do
cause there ain’t no cure for the GASOLINE BLUES
At five dollars a gallon there won’t be no vacation
Them high-rollers in DC don’t know what they’re facin’
Well I called my congressman and he said quote:
“I’d like to help you son, but I sold my vote”
Sometimes I wonder what I’m gonna do
cause there ain’t no cure for the GASOLINE BLUES
Danny Jones on Vocal. Probably Dale Crockett on Guitar and Clapping (via Keyboard). We did many versions of this I can't remember, could be Danny playing. I like Dales rocked up version better, but Danny's vocal is way better than mine. Though Dale and I did it live for 1200 folks and it went well at a political event a year ago. You can get away with a lot live....