David Rovics - Welcome To The European Union lyrics

I landed in Denmark and there was Burger King And a red and white sign saying "Coke´s the real thing" The Titanic was sinking at the local cineplex And the kids were chomping on corn chex In the city center the stores were closing down Things just haven´t been the same since the Wal-Mart came to town In the growing suburbs folks were driving minivans And it´s all gone according to the best-laid plans (Chorus) Welcome to the European Union It´s evolving every day Getting more and more like the USA Well I thumbed a ride to Hamburg, saw the homeless in the street The mayor had to build more houses to make room for the elite The cops were rounding up the immigrants, sending them to other places It was plain to see the desperation on their faces When I got to Brussels you could feel the scheming in the air Corporate executives in suits were everywhere And they were very happy for all the plans they made And you could hear them chanting, "free trade free trade free trade!" (Chorus) And in London men were saying, "We need more fighter planes And we need more motorways with some exra lanes We need Washington to teach us how an economy runs And spend lots more money on cars and bombs and guns When Euro-Interests are threatened we must be prepared To invade some backward country if the United States is scared Africa may shake and the peaceniks will glower But what the world plainly needs is another superpower" (Chorus) Once we were so proud of social democracy Welfare for all and long vacations by the sea But now we have seen the errors of our ways There is no alternative, no way back to the old days If you want a living wage, we´ll tell you where to go As we welcome China into the WTO Yes if you want an honest job your prospects might not look sunny But there´s never been a better time if you´ve got lots of money (Chorus) Yes in the halls of power from Athens to Par-ee You can hear the rulers shouting "no more subsidy So f** off all you workers, farmers, greens and all It´s time to turn the world into a giant shopping mall" From Rasmussen to Shroeder, Blair to Berlusconi It´s all the same old show, same old dog and pony If you need me to spell it out, what´s the matter with them It´s called C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M (Chorus)