American Pile

Sung to Don McLean's “American Pie”

A long long time ago

I can still remember

What a dollar used to buy

And I knew if I had some change

That I could buy something in that range

And I'd be happy for a while

But 9/11 bankrupt AIG

And the Feds bailed them out without a fee

Now local taxes are on the rise

I see their reasoning as large lies

I can't remember if I cried

When my retirement plans did die

But who talked me into that sly

The day consumerism died

So Buy Buy it's the American cry

Drove my Chevy to the station

But the price is to high

And them oil barrens where counting their coin

Stating this will be the day consumerism died

This will be the day consumerism died

Do you have survival skills

And ways to avoid high energy bills

If the market tells you so

Do you think this isn't true

The Feds will end your blues

By fueling Their consumption tools

Well I know I can't stop now

Cause I'm buying more junk chow

We'll all kick off soon

Man I loved that sugared gloom

I was part of that lonely crowd

But now I'm talking proud

I still hear commercials screaming loud

The day consumerism died

I stared chanting

Buy, Buy the American cry

Drove my Chevy to the station

But the price is to high

Them smug oil barrens were counting their coin

And predicting this'll end their wasteful ways

This'll end their wasteful ways

Soon we'll be on our own

And our muscles oh they'll groan

But that's the way it used to be

When work was more than a fee

On the land tilling with glee

And with hope for you and me

Oh, and while the Pres. is looking down

Someone plowed the White House lawn

They planted seeds for their eats

No land was left unplanted

And while the VP read a book on plants

The unknowing had their doubts

And we saw their soil stained hands

The day consumerism died

Buy, buy, the American cry

Drove my Chevy to the station

But the price is to high

Them smug oil barrens were counting their coin

And predicting, this'll end their their wasteful ways

This'll end their wasteful ways

Beans and peas with leeks and corn

Gloomy future oh they warned

Four rows of beans growing fast

Someone forgot to mow the grass

The planters remember their tasks

With the unknowing on the sidelines in a cast

Now harvest time is sweet perfume

While the pollinators buzz a sexy tune

We all got up to eat

Oh but what a treat

'Cause the color 'n flavor can't be beat

The garden refused to stop

The day consumerism died

We started singing

Buy buy the American cry

Drove my Chevy to the station

But the price is to high

Them smug oil barrens where counting their coin

And predicting, this'll end their wasteful ways

This'll end their wasteful ways

Oh, as I watched the aphids crawl

My hands where grabbing for them all

No weeds will grow as well

When I hoe them all to hell

And as the beans grow high up trellises

To complete photosynthesis

I saw myself smile

The day consumerism died

We started singing

Buy buy the American cry

Drove my Chevy to the station

But the price is to high

And them oil barrens where counting their coin

Stating this'll be the day consumerism died

This'll be the day consumption died

I met consumers who sang the blues

And asked them for some happy news

But they just cried and walked away

I went to the consumption store

Where I bought so called food before

But the man there said no more

The day consumerism died

And in the streets their cars are stalled

Their work is done, and paychecks gone

All there's a panic

The motors are all silent

We're told this would never happen

Not now, not later, or in the past

I wondered when and at what cost

The day consumerism died

Buy buy the American cry

Drove my Chevy to the station

But the price is to high

And the oil barrens were counting their coin

Stating this'll be the day consumption died

This'll be the day consumption died

So buy buy the American cry

Pushed my Chevy to the station

But the price is to high

Time to dump this boat before I go broke

Oh I don't think I'll even cry

Time to change my whys

Sung to Don McLean's “American Pie”

Version written by R.L.Philippi

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