same rain

"I have learned that community reaches far beyond what eyes can see and though miles divide us, at some point we're all washed by the same rain." ~Pat Humphries

4 - buy this american car

©1988 Charlie King
Pied Asp Music, BMI
www.charlieking.org

This car was assembled in part,
right here on American soil.
Suspending your kin on some cheap foreign import
makes General Motor's oil boil.
Components were carefully gathered
from factories foreign and far,
then assembled right here by American robots.
Hey! That's an American car.

Buy, buy, this American car.
It has waited so long, it has travelled so far.
Buy this American car.

The steel was all made in Japan,
then pressed in to shape in Botswana.
For the engine they paid twenty pesos a day,
to a worker in South Tijuana.
The ignition Korean, the tires are French,
the bumpers from Botany Bay.
Then united these nations they use automation,
ain't that the American way, hey:

Buy, buy, this American car.
It has waited so long, it has travelled so far.
Buy this American car.

These robots deserve your support,
their work ethics are really inspiring.
They don't mind the lack of a benefits package,
they don't even think of retiring
and they don't go on strike for a raise
and they don't ask for colas or perks.
They show up every day and they work without pay
For the man who gets paid without work,
Who is singing:

Buy, buy, this American car.
It has waited so long, it has travelled so far.
Buy this American car.

And in there among all the robots
you'll still find a worker or two.
They're feisty, they're human, they're true to their union,
they're true to the red, white and blue.
But the marketing moguls of Motown
are true to the green dollar sign.
They flaunt it, they fake it, they don't care who makes it
as long as it rolls down the line.
And then they lobby for quotas on Saabs and Toyotas,
they scream "foreign labor unfair"
Well I've got more in common with blue collar foreigners
than any American millionaire.

There will always be men who sell snake oil
with blather and bluster and brag.
Still the worst of these chislers don't bolster their business
by wrapping themselves in the flag.
If they want to sell us the stars and the stripes
let them put all their cards on the table,
and let's see some jobs in the U.S. of A.
Let's see some truth on the label.
No more singing:

Buy, buy, this American car.
It has waited so long, it has travelled so far.
Buy this American car.

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