A long, long time ago
We used to get our food home-grown
And toothpaste used to make you smile
It used to be you'd shop with ease
Never eating antifreeze
You planned to keep on living quite a while
But now our goods are all delivered
From somewhere on the Yangtze River
No one knows the source there
So you might find some horse hair
But if corporations make a buck
They don't give a flying...Peking duck
And with this system, we get stuck
Today, it makes you sigh
Now, when you buy, buy an American pie
Your grandma didn't bake it, it was made in Shanghai
Where they engineer the apples to be juicy not dry
But the crust is made of cardboard and lye
Don't feed it to your dog, he might die
Now did you eat a Tastykake?
And did it make your stomach ache?
I could have said I told you so
And the reason you are lookin' wan
Is some guy took bribes in Szechuan
So you just bit into Little Debbie's toe
And now the toys you bought from Fisher Price
Have toxins deemed unsafe for mice
And Elmo tends to wheeze
'Cause he's laced with PCBs
But all my problems seem so far
When I see my cheap new DVR
I'll even brush my teeth with tar
And you will see...
That I'll buy, buy from some young guy
I drive a Chevy, and it's heavy but the price is too high
Soon 20 bucks'll buy a car from Shanghai
And honey, that'll be the day we all die