about
“Earl and Ann Scott are my maternal grandparents, and this song is a composite of stories I heard about them courting each other in Frankfurt, Kentucky. They met when she was 16 and he was 19. They courted for seven years. He ran a gas station in Frankfort for 55 years. My grandmother died in 1993, but my granddad is still going strong at 97, living in a log cabin on the banks of the Kentucky River.”
lyrics
Full service station down on Second Street
Fueling all the cars and trucks that crowd the city streets
I work the pump to fill the tank, wash the windshield clean
All for folks to drive away in their Chevrolet machines
First time that I saw her, her nose was in the air
Sashay down the street spilling beauty everywhere
Gasoline love, will you be my gal?
Dance across the floor, how I want to swing you ‘round
Well I use a little lipstick and my hair is done up nice
And he picks me up on weekends to go out for the night
He shows up at my door, his suit all pressed and clean
Lingering in his hair and hands, the smell of gasoline
Maybe we’ll go dancing or walk along the river bend
And talk about the little things until the evening’s end
Gasoline love, I will be your gal
Dance across the floor, how you love to swing me ‘round
At the end of every day my hands are cracked and raw
But you couldn’t budge me from this town for no white collar job
So I come home every night weary to my knees
Fourteen-hour days just soaked in gasoline
Seven years I’ve courted her, will she take me now for life?
I’ll fill ‘er up both night and day to have her by my side
Gasoline love, will you wear my ring?
Will you be my wife? Will you be my everything?
Well I love to sway that foxtrot with him in my arms
I can feel that train a-comin’ and see it in the stars
I’ll paint him a picture of a sandy beach
Where we’ll take our kids to play in the river’s gentle reach
Seven years to look around and he’s held me high above
Offering his hand to me: gasoline for our love
Gasoline love, I will wear your ring
I will be your wife, ‘cause you are my everything
credits
from
If We Set Out Now (EP),
released June 14, 2011
Scott Pryor - guitar, vocals
Emma Morrow - vocals
Jake Morrow - guitar, harmony vox
Devin Greenwood - electric guitar, organ
Todd Erk - bass
Tom Bendel - drums
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