Pollution - Tom Lehrer.

Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. July 2000.

If you visit American city,
You will find it very pretty.

Just two things of which you must beware:
Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!

Pollution, pollution!
They got smog and sewage and mud.

Turn on your tap
And get hot and cold running crud!

See the halibuts and the sturgeons,
Being wiped out by detergeons.

Fish gotta swim and birds gotta fly,
But they don't last long if they try.

Pollution, pollution!
You can use the latest tooth~paste,

And then rinse your mouth
With industrial waste.

Just go out for a breath of air,
And you'll be ready for Medi~care.

The city streets are really quite a thrill,
If the hoods don't get you, the monoxide will.

Pollution, pollution!
Wear a gas mask and a veil.

Then you can breathe,
Long as you don't inhale!

Lots of things there that you can drink,
But stay away from the kitchen sink!

Throw out your breakfast garbage, and I've got a hunch
That folks down~stream will drink it for lunch

So go to the city,
See the crazy people there.

Like lambs to the slaughter,
They're drinking the water,
And breathing [cough] the air!

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