American Underpants

Fruit of the Loom closed its last American factory, and sportscaster Marv Albert was caught with his pants down.

They say that we’re in an economic boom.
Tell that to companies like Fruit of the Loom.
Three thousand jobs are moving offshore.
They’re gonna drop America’s drawers.
Three thousand workers getting short-changed.
Strip poker’s never gonna be the same.
‘Cause,

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You can’t buy American underpants.
You can’t buy American underpants.
Those workers never had a chance.
‘Cause you can’t buy American underpants.

It’s the underbelly of the global trade:
Foreign workers getting underpaid.
No one’s watching over human rights,
‘Cause there ain’t no governmental oversight.
It isn’t hard to understand
Why you can’t buy American underpants.

CHORUS
You can’t buy American underpants.
You can’t buy American underpants.
They can make ’em in Spain.
They can make ’em in France,
But you can’t buy American underpants.

Well, let me tell you what we oughta tell ’em.
We oughta have ourselves a Boxer Rebellion.
Just to teach ’em how to play fair.
We’ll quit wearing any underwear.
We’ll walk right in to Fruit of the Loom,
Bend over, and we’ll shoot the moon.
‘Cause,

CHORUS
You can’t buy American underpants.
You can’t buy American underpants.
Marv Alpert’s gonna rave and rant,
‘Cause he can’t buy American underpants.

Words and music © 1997 by Steve Brooks and Frog Records
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