Rollin' blackout got me down
    I had to set my clock again
Oh, these blackouts got me down
    Had to re-set my clocks again
Don't want things like that to happen?
    Then set your clock for 'way back when

There's a house up on a hill
    And its lights are shinin' bright
There's a house up on a hill
    And its lights are shinin' bright
Looks like there's no blackout
    At the gov'ner's house tonight

I went to the gas station
    The price was out of sight
Went down to the gas station
    Pump price was out of sight
They're drillin' for oil in my backyard
    Tell me ev'ything's gonna be all right

My car won't pass the smog check
     Gotta pay five hundred bucks for it to clear
My car won't pass the smog check
     Blowin' smoke out of its rear
Got asthma and I can't breathe
     The traffic's gettin' worse ev'ry year

The temp'ature is risin'
    But my AC don't work no mo'
The temp'ature is risin'
    And my AC don't work no mo'
I'd leave California tomorrow
    But th'ain't no cooler place to go

The ice caps are melting
    The sea's begun to rise
The ice caps are melting
    The sea's begun to rise
Bringin' saltwater to the wealthy
    And bitter tears to my eyes
 
 

Traditional music -- 
Lyrics by Josh Wachtel and Alexei Panshin