Soul Asylum - Black Gold Lyrics






Two boys on a playground
Tryin' to push each other down
See the crowd gather 'round
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd
Black gold in a white flight
Fill up the tank let's go for a ride
I don't care about no wheelchair
I got so much left to do with my life

Moving backwards through time
Never learn, never mind
That side's yours, this side's mine
Brother you ain't my kind
Black soldier, white fight
Fill up the tank let's go for a ride
Sure like to feel some pride
But this place just makes me feel sad inside
Mother do you know where
Your kids are tonight...

Keep the kids off the street
Gives 'em something to do, something to eat
This spot was a playground
This flat land used to be a town





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  1. N.... D....

    🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  2. o.... ....

    20+ years ago...nothing has changed...WAKE UP...politics and bullshit racism...seriously...it's 2020 (the future), not the barbaric bullshit of the past... WAKE UP! Stop squabbling over nonsense and SEE the strings.

  3. S.... S....

    I'm just here to see how much Weird Al emulated for "The Night Santa Went Crazy".

  4. L.... ....

    great song - beats the hell out of run away train

  5. D.... M....

    Down in the workshop, all the elves were makin' toys... Wait, wrong song.

  6. D.... D....

    RIP -- Soul Asylum founder and bassist Karl Mueller  (June, 2005)

  7. j.... l....

    One of the few 90's bands I listen to ! ☺👌👍 💖

  8. k.... ....

    Anyone here from Weird Al - Santa went crazy?

    k.... ....

    Yes, weird al used their songs a few times

  9. C.... B....

    90s had some great music

  10. b.... ....

    I feel this was their best song of all times. Thumbs Up Liked.

  11. M.... S....

    I don't care about NO wheelchair,

    I got SO MUCH left to do with my life!

  12. M.... M....

    Would I be wrong in thinking that this song is about the story of MANY towns in the US where the lifeblood of the local economy is something finite like an oil well or a mine of some sort. Then the well runs dry or the mine is stripped to nothing and the town goes with it.

  13. W.... G....

    🇧🇷 2019

  14. M.... T....

    Aprendendo a curtir suas canções .Não conhecia me desculpe. Parabéns. Você tem canções lindas. Abraços do Brasil.

  15. M.... O....

    Great Band, Love my 90s............NORM!!!!!

  16. H.... M....

    long forgetten song from the 1990s

  17. R.... G....

    Without paying attention i started this song and thought it was STP Sour Girl

  18. A.... G....

    Grave Dancers Union is their best album hands down

  19. M.... D....

    Wondered where soul asylum was. Great video. Great band sexy and talented lead singer. Let me know when they come to philly or thereabouts would love to see them.

    M.... D....

    They are doing a tour early 2020. Dave (singer) is only original member left.

  20. m.... m....

    Lovezup Asylum from NZ!!!

  21. I.... G....

    There's so much raw emotion towards the end of the song. it brings me to tears every time.

  22. S.... �....

    I MISS YOU 90s
    Real alt rock for real people....so listen up!
    I love it when he kicks the hay around like a spazzed out angry grunge scarecrow.

    2:14

    S.... �....

    Hahahaha, yeah!

  23. M.... G....

    Real alt rock for real people....so listen up!
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.

  24. R.... M....

    Holy crap, is that NORM at 1:10???
    Is that Norm from Cheers?
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.

    R.... M....

    I've watched this video a hundred times and never noticed that lol

  25. L.... P....

    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain
    Is that Norm from Cheers?

  26. B.... B....

    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.
    I'd forgotten how good this song is. :D
    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain

  27. c.... n....

    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.
    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain
    Holy crap, is that NORM at 1:10???

  28. m.... ....

    Dave Pirner ROCKS!!! Love Soul Asylm!!! Thanks for the Awesome Rock n Roll!!!!
    Holy crap, is that NORM at 1:10???

  29. P.... M....

    July 2019...still relevant as the day it came out.

  30. b.... j....

    I'd forgotten how good this song is. :D
    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain
    I'd forgotten how good this song is. :D

  31. m.... j....

    Holy crap, is that NORM at 1:10???
    Dave Pirner ROCKS!!! Love Soul Asylm!!! Thanks for the Awesome Rock n Roll!!!!
    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain

  32. k.... r....

    I'd forgotten how good this song is. :D
    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain
    I MISS YOU 90s
    Dave Pirner ROCKS!!! Love Soul Asylm!!! Thanks for the Awesome Rock n Roll!!!!

  33. M.... D....

    Real alt rock for real people....so listen up!
    I'd forgotten how good this song is. :D
    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.

  34. J.... P....

    Real alt rock for real people....so listen up!
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.

  35. s.... ....

    I'd forgotten how good this song is. :D
    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.

  36. S.... ....

    I MISS YOU 90s
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.

  37. M.... ....

    I MISS YOU 90s
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.

  38. H.... K....

    Real alt rock for real people....so listen up!
    Dave Pirner ROCKS!!! Love Soul Asylm!!! Thanks for the Awesome Rock n Roll!!!!

  39. J.... R....

    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.
    Real alt rock for real people....so listen up!

  40. C.... C....

    This song is about the 1991 Persian Gulf War, which unsurprisingly is still being fought over.

  41. k.... w....

    I really miss the 90's
    Real alt rock for real people....so listen up!
    Dave Pirner ROCKS!!! Love Soul Asylm!!! Thanks for the Awesome Rock n Roll!!!!
    90s the best music ever

  42. R.... M....

    This Music is Gold !
    Holy crap, is that NORM at 1:10???

    R.... M....

    Lol!!,from cheers?

  43. �.... ....

    90s the best music ever
    I really miss the 90's
    I MISS YOU 90s
    I really miss the 90's
    I really miss the 90's
    I MISS YOU 90s
    I really miss the 90's
    I MISS YOU 90s
    I really miss the 90's

    �.... ....

    So, are you saying you miss the 90s?

  44. A.... K....

    I really miss the 90's
    I MISS YOU 90s
    Real alt rock for real people....so listen up!

  45. a.... s....

    I really miss the 90's
    I MISS YOU 90s
    I really miss the 90's
    I really miss the 90's
    I MISS YOU 90s

  46. J.... G....

    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.
    I really miss the 90's
    I MISS YOU 90s

  47. E.... F....

    I really miss the 90's
    Real alt rock for real people....so listen up!

  48. a.... a....

    I really miss the 90's
    I MISS YOU 90s
    I really miss the 90's

  49. C.... M....

    I really miss the 90's
    I MISS YOU 90s

  50. T.... M....

    I'd forgotten how good this song is. :D
    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain

  51. y.... y....

    Dave Pirner ROCKS!!! Love Soul Asylm!!! Thanks for the Awesome Rock n Roll!!!!
    I love it when he kicks the hay around like a spazzed out angry grunge scarecrow.

    2:14

  52. S.... O....

    Soul asylum is great!
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.
    he's a mix between Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain

  53. M.... F....

    Holy crap, is that NORM at 1:10???
    Dave Pirner, deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame. He wrote some great, timeless music.
    I MISS YOU 90s

  54. J.... R....

    Holy crap, is that NORM at 1:10???
    I love the 90's!
    Dave Pirner ROCKS!!! Love Soul Asylm!!! Thanks for the Awesome Rock n Roll!!!!

  55. T.... M....

    Not embarrassed to say I love this song
    I'd forgotten how good this song is. :D
    Soul asylum is great!

  56. l.... c....

    90s the best music ever
    Dave Pirner ROCKS!!! Love Soul Asylm!!! Thanks for the Awesome Rock n Roll!!!!

  57. E.... B....

    This reminds me of Netscape

  58. T.... C....

    Not embarrassed to say I love this song

  59. T.... O....

    This song blows

  60. D.... J....

    One of the best albums ever!

  61. P.... P....

    Why is Norm from Cheers pushing the car??

  62. T.... T....

    Sick!!!!

  63. J.... E....

    I MISS YOU 90s
    90s the best music ever

  64. c.... S....

    Two boys on a playground
    Tryin' to push each other down
    See the crowd gather 'round
    Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd
    Black gold in a white plight
    Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
    I don't care 'bout no wheelchair
    I've got so much left to do with my life
    Moving backward through time
    Never learn, never mind
    That side's yours, this side's mine
    Brother, you ain't my kind
    You're a black soldier, white fight
    Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
    Sure like to feel some pride
    But this place just makes me feel sad inside
    Mother, do you know where your kids are tonight?
    Keeps the kids off the streets
    Gives 'em something to do, something to eat
    This spot was a playground
    This flat land used to be a town
    Black gold in a white plight
    Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
    Sure like to feel some pride
    But this place just makes me feel sad inside
    Black gold in a white plight
    Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
    I don't care 'bout no wheelchair
    I've got so much left to do with my life

  65. T.... A....

    I hate it when this happens...
    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/threelly-ai-for-youtube/dfohlnjmjiipcppekkbhbabjbnikkibo

  66. T.... C....

    LOVE the 90s!!!

  67. D.... G....

    Grave dancers union what a great album

  68. M.... M....

    I forgot how much I used to play this cassette tape.

  69. T.... ....

    I love it when he kicks the hay around like a spazzed out angry grunge scarecrow.

    2:14

    T.... ....

    I like it when he takes Paul Shaffer’s Saxophone and starts playing Beatle’s Melodys on Live late shows that are copyrighted and not cleared or paid for so CBS can get sued😆

  70. M.... C....

    I’d like this band way more if the singer didn’t act so faggy. 😼

  71. M.... B....

    ❤❤❤

  72. C.... S....

    Saw them play at Chilkoots Charlie's in Anchorage Alaska around 2000 / 2001 and they were awesome.

  73. N.... A....

    love this song !!!! damn he was cute too

  74. G.... V....

    Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd

  75. T.... J....

    Yuck, hair over the face

  76. M.... M....

    Que chayanne el Fonsi el arjona purass weass este si que es mino rikoooooooo hermoso david pirner!!!

  77. M.... M....

    Sin duda rikoo David pirner!!!

  78. G.... M....

    Grave Dancers Union, é sem sombra de dúvidas, uma das jóias mais preciosas lançadas nos anos 90.

  79. M.... ....

    Just pummeled my Ludwig kit to this. Feb. 2019. I remember hearing it on the radio back in high school....... '91-'95, baby!

  80. A.... C....

    Dances like Axl, hair like sebastian.....

  81. M.... P....

    Still love this Song. I saw them 1994 live at "Rock am Ring " Festival in Germany.
    Peace

  82. P.... O....

    This song sounds like modern day country music...it sux

    RAP IS KING

  83. K.... G....

    NORM!!!!!!

  84. E.... S....

    Killer tune!

  85. O.... D....

    Amazing band and personally my favorite song by them. Man I miss the 90's

  86. A.... ....

    The night santa went crazy anyone?

  87. B.... P....

    I regret not discovering this band sooner. I was so stuck in 80s rock hair bands that I just didn't give other bands a chance until now.

  88. C.... C....

    His Image is reflected in the Persian Gulf. Just WOKE y'all. This video is #WOKEAF

  89. B.... K....

    2 years ago i found myself in a wheelchair. This song really helped me to realize that life was not over for me.

  90. c.... c....

    I found it after so many years..love it

  91. W.... S....

    Que lejos quedaste 1993

  92. J.... L....

    Two boys on a playground
    Tryin' to push each other down
    See the crowd gather 'round
    Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd
    Black gold in a white plight
    Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
    I don't care 'bout no wheelchair
    I've got so much left to do with my life
    Moving backwards through time
    Never learn, never mind
    That side's yours, this side's mine
    Brother you ain't my kind
    You're a black soldier, white fight
    Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
    Sure like to feel some pride
    But this place just makes me feel sad inside
    Mother, do you know where your kids are tonight?
    Keeps the kids off the streets
    Gives 'em something to do, something to eat
    This spot was a playground
    This flat land used to be a town
    Black gold in a white plight
    Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
    Sure like to feel some pride
    But this place just makes me feel sad inside
    Black gold in a white plight
    Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
    I don't care 'bout no wheelchair
    I've got so much left to do with my life

    J.... L....

    Jillian Lowry jil

  93. A.... L....

    This SO used to be my Jam. I knew Dave when he played the clubs in Minneapolis..

  94. A.... C....

    the best band EVER

    A.... C....

    Nah....there good,but ever? I dont think so man,haha

  95. L.... B....

    'I got so much left to do with my life"

  96. Y.... V....

    I guess I'm in love with him?

    Y.... V....

    Is that your proclamation of love? Cuz Dave is like, " why ain't you sure"?

  97. M.... K....

    How is it possible that this is the first time I'm hearing this??? Love love it!