Stevens, Ray - Working For The Japanese Lyrics






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 TV’s.
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 saki, 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 Seiko’s, walkman’s, TV’s, and minivans,
And, wonder where the money all goes.

Just working for the Japanese,
Little cars and color TV’s.
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 saki, 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 TV’s.
Sending all your money overseas,
To the Eastern ‘sphere.

One day you’re gonna roose your loots, [Asian dialect intended]
Where Oriental jeans and boots.
And, drink nothing but Kawasaki saki, Honda wine, and Mitsubishi right beer. [Asian dialect intended]

You’re gonna love that,
Kawasaki saki, Honda wine, and Mitsubishi light beer.

Ah-so!





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  1. M.... w....

    Japanese products like their women, small but dependable...

  2. E.... R....

    Thanks for this post! Grateful for YouTube! Ray Stevens, Get Down With Your Badself!

    E.... R....

    glad you enjoyed it. and yeah, gotta be thankful for youtube where we have so much free country music. thanks for listening

  3. B.... C....

    Toyota is NUMBER ONE car company in the world for a simple reason ....
    *respect* for their customers. Afor any yew 'Muricans' automatic knee jerk reaction goes into high gear ... I've only owned one Japanese vehicle in my life & that was a Mazda mini pickup truck ... and I'm in my late 60s. Tell you what though, next car is a Toyota .....

    B.... C....

    Yeah, I drive a Toyota myself. And before that it was all Honda’s. USA invented the car, but them Japanese know how to build em good and make em trustworthy vehicles.

    B.... C....

    I've always liked a Buick, oh, my 1969 GTO was Cool.

  4. J.... L....

    He said we buy sagos wander if he ment sega

    J.... L....

    Seikos. Seiko brand watches.

  5. J.... B....

    Workin for the Chinese

  6. J.... B....

    Sounds like 2018

  7. I.... A....

    Anything he can't make a song out of... Lolololol

  8. D.... H....

    2018 now Praying all this will change.

  9. G.... Y....

    nice song and track and singer Ray Steven s Brent e send me a message my friend Brent e thank you very much glenn yates in pretty water sapulpa creek Oklahoma USA God bless you Linda and cat's spokoes and patches and cat's out side say's Hi and hope to hear from you my friend Brent e and winner and Brent e

  10. K.... W....

    Heard this song years ago and loved it.  Haven't been able to find it until now.  It seems to be coming true.  lol

    K.... W....

    glad you found it on here to enjoy Kathleen.

    K.... W....

    I found the cd on ebay, i heard it back in1990 and just found it 2 years ago

    K.... W....

    How so? The Japanese economy crashed in the early 90's, ironically around the time this song came out.

  11. R.... J....

    Love it! Can't wait to see more that you put out

  12. C.... ....

    Mitsubish light beer?  Oh, right, he's talking bout Kirin. :)

  13. S.... j....

    He sure has lots of great and true songs. Thanks Brent