Sparks

Songwriter: Ron Mael

Producer: Rupert Holmes

One gallon for that certain start
Two gallons once around the park
I don't need any servicing
Just fill-er-up with anything

Five gallons gets me up the hill
Six gallons, I don't need no pills
I'm never gonna stop again
So fill-er-up with premium

Ten gallons, everyone's a her
Eleven gallons, I'm a blur
I'm coming and I'm going
So fill-er-up with premium

Twelve gallons gets me out of town
Where no one's poor or black or brown
And nothing ever seems to change
I'm past all that, just fill-er-up

Fifteen, gallons, more, more
Twenty gallons, more, more
I feel I'm running out of steam
So fill-er-up with gasoline
Fill me up with premium
Fill me up with anything etc

Sparks are an American pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by brothers Ron and Russell Mael, renamed from Halfnelson, formed in 1968. Known for their quirky approach to songwriting, Sparks' music is often accompanied by intelligent, sophisticated, and acerbic lyrics, and an idiosyncratic, theatrical stage presence, typified in the contrast between Russell’s animated, hyperactive front-man antics and Ron’s deadpan scowling. They are also noted for Russell Mael’s falsetto voice and Ron Mael’s keyboard playing style.

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