Capitol Steps - Buy, Buy, American Pie lyrics

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