BIG YES BOMB!!!!!: Recording coming soon; please critique the lyrics to "The Pump Cheated Me" which is about the pain of paying for premium gas in an SUV I used to own.

Saturday, July 02, 2022

Recording coming soon; please critique the lyrics to "The Pump Cheated Me" which is about the pain of paying for premium gas in an SUV I used to own.

Recording coming soon; please critique the lyrics to "The Pump Cheated Me" which is about the pain of paying for premium gas in an SUV I used to own. (self.Songwriters)

submitted 3 years ago by TSoWAY

Contrafactum idea #1083: The Pump Cheated Me, to the tune of the Hymn "Love Lifted Me"

Original with lyrics, sung by Alan Jackson: https://youtu.be/GKVJfiGNYTU

Karaoke / Instrumental with lyrics on screen: https://youtu.be/idPdTAfD4uE

LYRICS:

Line 1: At the corner gas station
Line 2: Drove to Pump # 3
Line 3: Saw some signs of inflation
Line 4: While filling the SUV
Line 5: The ride needed premium gas
Line 6: I'd feel financial pain
Line 7: Price was $3.50, alas
Line 8: My wallet, drained.
Line 9, refrain; 1st instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 10, refrain; 1st instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 11, refrain; 1st instance: I've not paid that much before
Line 12, refrain; 1st instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 13, refrain; 1st instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 14, refrain; 1st instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 15, refrain; 1st instance: I've not paid that much before
Line 16, refrain; 1st instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 17: When I finished filling up
Line 18: It was real late at night
Line 19: Did the Pump really foul up
Line 20: The price gave me a fright!
Line 21: Total was now seventy
Line 22: My gas tank's not that big
Line 23: I doubt it counted credibly
Line 24: It's no big rig.
Line 25, refrain; 2nd instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 26, refrain; 2nd instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 27, refrain; 2nd instance: I've not paid that much before
Line 28, refrain; 2nd instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 29, refrain; 2nd instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 30, refrain; 2nd instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 31, refrain; 2nd instance: I've not paid that much before
Line 32, refrain; 2nd instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 33: I believe it miscounted
Line 34: Tank doesn't hold that much.
Line 35: It has left me confounded
Line 36: Who else charges that much?
Line 37: They need to recalibrate this
Line 38: So it can't rip us off
Line 39: It's nothing light you can dismiss
Line 40: Nor just write off.
Line 41, refrain; 3rd instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 42, refrain; 3rd instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 43, refrain; 3rd instance: I've not paid that much before
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Line 46, refrain; 3rd instance: The Pump Cheated Me
Line 47, refrain; 3rd instance: I've not paid that much before
Line 48, refrain; 3rd instance: The Pump Cheated Me

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