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Jethro Tull North Sea Oil Lyrics
Total views: 2 times this week / Rating: 8.40/10 [5 votes]Album: Stormwatch / Original Release Date: 1979-09-14Genre: PopSong Duration: 3 min 12 sec
JETHRO TULL
- North Sea Oil Lyrics / with translationsBlack and viscous --- bound to cure blue lethargy
Sugar-plum petroleum for energy
Tightrope-balanced payments need a small reprieve
Oh, please believe we want to be
in North Sea Oil
New-found wealth sits on the shelf of yesterday
Hot-air balloon --- inflation soon will make you pay
Riggers rig and diggers dig their shallow grave
But we'll be saved and what we crave
is North Sea Oil
Prices boom in Aberdeen and London Town
Ten more years to lay the fears, erase the frown
before we are all nuclear --- the better way!
Oh, let us pray: we want to stay
in North Sea Oil
Sugar-plum petroleum for energy
Tightrope-balanced payments need a small reprieve
Oh, please believe we want to be
in North Sea Oil
New-found wealth sits on the shelf of yesterday
Hot-air balloon --- inflation soon will make you pay
Riggers rig and diggers dig their shallow grave
is North Sea Oil
Prices boom in Aberdeen and London Town
Ten more years to lay the fears, erase the frown
before we are all nuclear --- the better way!
Oh, let us pray: we want to stay
in North Sea Oil
Facts about North Sea Oil
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North Sea Oil is written by Ara Anderson.
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It is first released on September 14, 1979 as part of Jethro Tull's album "Stormwatch" which includes 14 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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When we think about the deeper meaning of the song, Jethro Tull's 'North Sea Oil' critiques the fleeting prosperity and environmental consequences of oil extraction, using the North Sea as a metaphor for both opportunity and impending doom. The North sea oil lyrics present social commentary through their examination of different human emotions and the themes of empowerment and despair. The song demonstrates through its different elements that economic prosperity and environmental costs and resource dependency and alternative energy transition need to be treated as equal components. The lyrics contain themes of economic dependency and the potential dangers of resource extraction, which may be complex for younger children to understand without parental guidance. The language is not explicit, but the subject matter might require explanation for a younger audience.
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North Sea Oil falls under the genre Pop.
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North Sea Oil song length is 3 minutes and 12 seconds.
Who wrote North Sea Oil lyrics?
North Sea Oil is written by Ara Anderson.
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When was North Sea Oil released?
It is first released on September 14, 1979 as part of Jethro Tull's album "Stormwatch" which includes 14 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind North Sea Oil lyrics?
When we think about the deeper meaning of the song, Jethro Tull's 'North Sea Oil' critiques the fleeting prosperity and environmental consequences of oil extraction, using the North Sea as a metaphor for both opportunity and impending doom. The North sea oil lyrics present social commentary through their examination of different human emotions and the themes of empowerment and despair. The song demonstrates through its different elements that economic prosperity and environmental costs and resource dependency and alternative energy transition need to be treated as equal components. The lyrics contain themes of economic dependency and the potential dangers of resource extraction, which may be complex for younger children to understand without parental guidance. The language is not explicit, but the subject matter might require explanation for a younger audience.
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Which genre is North Sea Oil?
North Sea Oil falls under the genre Pop.
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How long is the song North Sea Oil?
North Sea Oil song length is 3 minutes and 12 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Ara AndersonRecord Label(s): Digital Remaster 2004 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Chrysalis Records Ltd
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North Sea Oil
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