Carbon Man

-- Horatio Algeranon's rendering of the Renaissance song "Midas Man" 
(by Betty Thatcher and Michael Dunford)

Oil - said the man to the many
I want oil and I'll make it glow
I will count my worth in oil - wealth untold
I'll sell my coal - Carbon man

Sold - said the man to the many
Burn for me, it'll only warm your clime
I will count my barrels out, there's no doubt
I'll sell my coal - Carbon man - Carbon man

Chorus:

I'll take from the wells and I'll burn up a head
I'll sneak up behind and I'll steal
I'll burn all that you have
And then all that you've concealed
I'll burn anything I can get - I'll flood you
I'll mud you and I'll make you sweat
Nothing is worth nothing unless it's
Burned by Carbon man

Oil - said the man to the many
Barrels of oil are all I want for you
Warming clime for later days the only price
To burn my coal - Carbon man - Carbon man