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I'm a vampire baby,
Sucking blood from the earth,
I'm a vampire baby,
Sucking blood from the earth,

I'm a vampire baby,
Sell you twenty barrels worth,
I'm a black bat baby,
Hanging on your window pane
I'm a black bat baby
Hanging on your window pane

I'm a black bat baby,
I need my high octane.

Good times are coming,
But they sure coming slow
Good times are coming
I hear it everywhere I go
Good times are coming,
But they sure is coming slow

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freefallastronaut On Oct 10, 2002

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by lostlo

21y ago

I already really liked the original Neil Young version, it wasn't until I heard this version that I realized what the song is actually about (the whole fossil fuel thing). Or it just sounds more politcally motivated & timely in this version, I guess, for some reason. Even though the words are the same as the original.

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