De Gas Run Out

 

 

De gas run out

And today is Sunday,

Nine times out of ten times

It happens this way.

 

In de middle of cooking

And de gas run out,

Tell me why pun a Sunday,

Gih me a shout!

 

All week long

And de gas all right

But then sudden so pun Sunday

When tings tight.

 

 

De gas run out!

Whuh, dis is a trick?

Yuh try to light up de stove

And get click, click!

 

Unless it is only we

Dat dis is happen to,

If it does happen to wunna too,

Say something, nuh!

 

If yuh know sumpting

Say sumpting,

Especially why you think

This is happening.

 

 

Why de gas does go

Mostly pun Sundays

And if maybe it is a lesson to me

To mend my ways.

 

Always be prepared!

Have a backup bottle

So dat whether Sunday or not

It en nuh trouble.

 

De smallest bottles

Is wuh I does use,

Like big-ups and better-offs

I can't pick and choose.

 

 

 

No natural gas

Does run in my road

And dem big cylinder bottles

Is too much of a load.

 

I can’t afford them

If you see what I mean

And dependable electricity

Is becoming a dream.

 

Plus, I find out recently

Natural gas more expensive

And I got to cut and contrive

If I want to live.

 

But leh we get back

To where we began,

Why mostly pun a Sunday?

Tell me, fam!

 

 

 

De gas run out

And today is Sunday,

Nine times out of ten times

It happens this way.

 

Stewart Russell © February 23, 2025