Mongolians Romanians, Germans Czechs Albanians
Palestinians Ukrainians, Chinese Lithuanians
Angolans Afghanis, Poles Azerbaijanis
Zulus, Bantus, Uzbeks, Pakistanis
Earth's surface seethes
with the urge to be free
People demand
Democracy
And many are looking at the U.S.A
Longing for life the American way.
We.are.the
E.pit.o.me
Of.a.free
E.con.o.my
EpitomeEpitomeEpitome
Thirty thousand items from which to choose
We've got to figure out what brands to use
Two hundred cereals, juice from passion fruit
Twenty types of toilet paper, eighty kinds of soup.
From New York to Miami, there are nine airlines to take
What pill capsule tablet will cure a headache?
EpitomeEpitomeEpitome MarketEconomyMarketEconomy
A pity, a pity, a pity, Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me
In Russia and Romania, Poland, Lithuania
Consumer goods are hard to find,
In Texas Minnesota, New York Maine Dakota
Endless choices paralyze the mind
EpitomeEpitomeEpitomeEpitome
MarketEconomyMarketEconomy
A pity, a pity, a pity, Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me
We're the role models, we're the role models
we cover the globe with chains of Macdonalds
Pizza Hut, Burger King, Kentucky Fried
Pepsi, Coke, Seven-up, and Sprite world-wide
We're the role model, the footsteps to follow
Once the world is free
To spend eight hours daily
watching T.V.
Buy Barbie dolls, beer, Anusol
Cheerios, cars, Tylenol
Fax machines, microwaves
C.D. players, spend, why save?
possess possess possess possess
Use Master Visa American Express
Expaaaaaaaand the economy Expaaaaaaaaaand the econo-
me-me me-me me-me me-me mo-more mo-more mo-more mo-more
me-me me-me me-me me-me mo-more mo-more mo-more mo-more
Me-me mo-more me-me mo-more me-me mo-more
L-L-L-L-L-L-Love Ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-ex L-L-L-L-L-L-Love Ex-ex-ex-ex-ex-ex
L-L-L-L-L-L-Love Canal, Ex-ex-ex-ex-Exxon Valdes, nuclear waste, toxic seas
Spreading deserts, vanishing trees, warming globe, CFC's ,
Ozone holes, PCB's
ToxicityToxicityToxicity
ToxicCitiesToxicCitiesToxicCities
A pity, a pity, a pity, Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me-Me
Mongolians Roumanians Germans Czechs Albanians
Palestinians Ukrainians Chinese Lithuanians
Angolans Afghanis Poles Azerbaijanis
Zulus, Bantus Uzbeks, Pakistanis
Throw away your bike, your yak
your camel, train, or bus
Everyone should have a car,
Buy from us
Demand, demand democracies
Expand, expand economies
Expaaaaand Expand
Over oceans, over land
Into outer space, Any extra waste
Can be dispersed, throughout the universe
As we forge the final link in the chain
From Adam Eve Abel Cain
From Cain and Abel, Cain and Abel
To cannibals cannibals
Mother earth's animals
Consuming mother earth
Cannibals cannibals
Mother earth's animals
Consuming mother earth
Making every resource available
into something salable salable
Pay later, pay later, pay later-ater-ater
Ate-her ate-her ate-her
Ate her.
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