Billy Bragg - The Price of Oil

Washington, DC 10/22/02 - The night before, Billy Bragg played at the 9:30 Club, and the following day he came to the AFL-CIO to do a free show in their lobby for a get out the vote rally. One of my first jobs in DC was at the AFL-CIO, and for our project they had set up a cubicle farm right there in the lobby, so it was sort of like having Billy Bragg playing in my old office. I was introduced to him by a drag cheerleader friend of mine (you'll see him waving the pom poms when I post "There is Power in a Union"). Although this song was written before we attacked Iraq, the lyrics are just as poignant 3 years later.