If there's a task that must be done,
Don't turn your tail and run
Don't pout! Don't sob!
Just do a half-assed job!
If you cut every corner,
It's really not so bad.
Everybody does it,
Even Mum and Dad.
If nobody see it, then nobody gets mad!
It's the American way!
The policeman on the beat needs some time to rest his feet.
Fighting crime is not my cup of tea!
And the clerk who runs the store can charge a little more for meat!
For meat
And milk
And milk!
From nineteen-eighty-four!
If you cut every corner, you'll have more time for play!
It's the American way!