The Canadian Crisis Song

Often on the weekend i'll jump in my car

I won't 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 usa

I don't 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

If it adds to more i won't claim it for

(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 everyone is 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 penny's store in buffalo

(so everybody come on down to buffalo)



(cause if you stay away for just two days)

You'll get one hundred dollars duty-free

Though it's not at par it'll still go far

And it ends up in the pockets of a country man

(it ends up in the pockets of a country man)



Oh, canada.


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