Gas Pains

I saw today that the price of a gallon of regular 87 octane at the Stewart's was $3.59, 40 cents more that it was the day before, and about a buck more than it was a week ago. I thought the price of gas was bad enough a year ago, when I wrote my song "Workin' Down the Line." Here's an excerpt:

Gas is so expensive it hurts to fill the tank/

While the Arabs and the Texans are laughing to the bank/

It's draining the economy, it's messing up the skies/

But we need a way to get to work, so it's time we should get wise/

There's got to be a better way to make our engines run/

We could switch to hydrogen or power from the sun/

So tell those politicians we want alternatives to gas/

Because we're sick and tired of paying out the ..."