Ray Stevens - Working for the Japanese lyrics
[Ray Stevens - Working for the Japanese lyrics]
I ain't never read the Wall Street Journal
I ain't no PhD
The trickle down theory and the Laffer curve
Are just Greek to me
I'm ignorant about inflation
And the Federal Reserve T note
I ain't never had a lesson
In the Great Depression but this much I know
We're all working for the Japanese
Little cars and color TVs
Sending all our money overseas
To the Eastern 'sphere
One day we're gonna lose our roots
Wear Oriental jeans and boots
And drink nothing but Kawasaki
Sake, Honda wine, and Mit'subishi light beer
Chrysler fights for survival
So does General Motors
Ford perseveres with better ideas
And everybody drives Toyotas
Sony owns the Rockefeller Center
And the Hawaiian archipelago
We buy Seikos, Walkmans, TVs, and minivans
And wonder where the money all goes
Just working for the Japanese
Little cars and color TVs
Sending all our money overseas
To the Eastern 'sphere
One day we're gonna lose our roots
Wear Oriental jeans and boots
And drink nothing but Kawasaki
Sake, Honda wine, and Mit'subishi light beer
I'm gonna gather up all my dollars
Trade 'em in for Yen get up and go to Tokyo
Start over again
Gonna change my name to Yamada
Marry me a geisha wife
And eat nutritious dishes like
Little raw fishes
And, be happy for the rest of my life
While you're a-workin' for the Japanese
Little cars and color TVs
Sending all your money overseas
To the Eastern 'sphere
One day you're gonna roose your loots
Where Oriental jeans and boots
And, drink nothing but Kawasaki
Sake, Honda wine, and Mit'subishi right beer
You're gonna love that
Kawasaki sake, Honda wine
And Mit'subishi light beer
Ah-so!
I ain't no PhD
The trickle down theory and the Laffer curve
Are just Greek to me
I'm ignorant about inflation
And the Federal Reserve T note
I ain't never had a lesson
In the Great Depression but this much I know
We're all working for the Japanese
Little cars and color TVs
Sending all our money overseas
To the Eastern 'sphere
One day we're gonna lose our roots
Wear Oriental jeans and boots
And drink nothing but Kawasaki
Sake, Honda wine, and Mit'subishi light beer
Chrysler fights for survival
So does General Motors
Ford perseveres with better ideas
And everybody drives Toyotas
Sony owns the Rockefeller Center
And the Hawaiian archipelago
We buy Seikos, Walkmans, TVs, and minivans
And wonder where the money all goes
Just working for the Japanese
Little cars and color TVs
Sending all our money overseas
To the Eastern 'sphere
One day we're gonna lose our roots
Wear Oriental jeans and boots
And drink nothing but Kawasaki
Sake, Honda wine, and Mit'subishi light beer
I'm gonna gather up all my dollars
Trade 'em in for Yen get up and go to Tokyo
Start over again
Gonna change my name to Yamada
Marry me a geisha wife
And eat nutritious dishes like
Little raw fishes
And, be happy for the rest of my life
While you're a-workin' for the Japanese
Little cars and color TVs
Sending all your money overseas
To the Eastern 'sphere
One day you're gonna roose your loots
Where Oriental jeans and boots
And, drink nothing but Kawasaki
Sake, Honda wine, and Mit'subishi right beer
You're gonna love that
Kawasaki sake, Honda wine
And Mit'subishi light beer
Ah-so!