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If you visit American city, |
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You will find it very pretty. |
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Just two things of which you must beware: |
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Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air. |
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Pollution, pollution, |
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They got smog and sewage and mud. |
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Turn on your tap and get hot and cold running crud. |
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See the halibuts and the sturgeons |
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Being wiped out by detergents. |
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Fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly, |
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But they don't last long if they try. |
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Pollution, pollution, |
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You can use the latest toothpaste, |
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And then rinse your mouth with industrial waste. |
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Just go out for a breath of air, |
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And you'll be ready for Medicare. |
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The city streets are really quite a thrill. |
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If the hoods don't get you, the monoxide will. |
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Pollution, pollution, |
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Wear a gas mask and a veil. |
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Then you can breathe, long as you don't inhale. |
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Lots of things there that you can drink, |
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But stay away from the kitchen sink. |
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The breakfast garbage that you throw in to the Bay, |
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They drink at lunch in San Jose. |
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So go to the city, see the crazy people there. |
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Like lambs to the slaughter, |
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They're drinking the water |
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And breathing the air. |