Working for the Japanese

I ain't never read the Wall Street Journal I ain't no Ph.D 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 Mitsubishi 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 Mitsubishi 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 Mitsubishi right beer You're gonna love that Kawasaki sake, Honda wine, and Mitsubishi light beer Ah-so!