Topical: A disaster of inconceivable scale (oh, plus an oil spill)
Clean gulf
New well
Got no safeties but I'm sure it's swell
Slick oil
Black gold
One little blowout, lo and behold
It starts gushin' just as fast as it will
Cause every well's a problem when it starts to spill
Failed dome
Broke ring
Nothing's working, not a single thing
Bad press
Poor spin,
If we don't steer this it'll do us in
The tweets are only getting more and more shrill
Cause everybody's angry 'bout our god-damn spill
Top kill
Top hat
We won't worry while our profit's fat
Black birds
White lies
As it spreads, everything dies
Already plannin' for our very next drill
And counting down the days until our next big spill
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For consideration: apologies to ZZ Top
New well
Got no safeties but I'm sure it's swell
Slick oil
Black gold
One little blowout, lo and behold
It starts gushin' just as fast as it will
Cause every well's a problem when it starts to spill
Failed dome
Broke ring
Nothing's working, not a single thing
Bad press
Poor spin,
If we don't steer this it'll do us in
The tweets are only getting more and more shrill
Cause everybody's angry 'bout our god-damn spill
Top kill
Top hat
We won't worry while our profit's fat
Black birds
White lies
As it spreads, everything dies
Already plannin' for our very next drill
And counting down the days until our next big spill
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For consideration: apologies to ZZ Top