The Canadian Crisis Song

Often on the weekend I'll jump in my car

I'll not fill up the tank although I'm going far

And if somebody asks me: if I'm going to a bar?

I'll say I'm shopping 'cross the border in the U.S.A.

I do not go down there to buy my groceries

I respect our farmers and our factories

I don't believe that local means it's poor in quality

It's just our goddamn prices are too high

If he stays away for just two days

I'll get one hundred dollars duty free

Though it adds two more, well I claim it fore

I don't declare the products if they're in my trunk

He won't declare the products if they're in his trunk

Although it is Canada that I call home

I don't cheer for the Yankees when I'm in the dome

I didn't swell with pride during the Desert Storm

It's just that I don't want to pay the tax

It's just that he's too cheap to pay the tax

Yes it's just like this, he's a loyalist

I'll only shop at malls that fly our flag

And he'll tell Bob Rae that he just won't pay

Unless I need my unemployment benefits

Get a job, Get a job, Get a job

Now everybody's doing the same thing as me

They're doing what they can to beat the GST

They're lining up for miles at the duty free

So I bought a JC Penney store in Buffalo

So everybody come on down to Buffalo

Cause if you stay away for just two days

You get one hundred dollars duty free

Though it not that hard it'll still go far

And it ends up in the pockets of a country man

And it ends up in the pockets of a country man

Canada