When will your job be outsourced?
Also, the currency of Indonesia is the Rupiah. The 500 Rupiah note has a monkey on it.
No slick production values here, the music is written and recorded at home. Even so, we think its worth a listen. The tunes range from basic Rock and Roll to e
No slick production values here, just music written and recorded at home. Even so, we think its worth a listen. The tunes range from basic Rock and Roll to extended, pretentious instrumentals.
Lyrics
Well, I can see myself now with a George Hamilton tan and no worries. Just sipping a drink at some outdoor cafe down in Bali.
Basking in the tropical breeze. Watching the brown skinned beauties. I'm killing time before the start of my shift at the brand new factory.
Well, I remember those times, that old production line was relentless. But it was honest work. It was a decent wage, nothing glamourous.
As the years rolled by, these new machines were rolled in to replace us. But even they were pushed down by the hands of some new market forces.
Executive decision. Shut down the whole operation.Tear down the factory, box it up, and ship it off to somewhere in Asia.
Well, once upon a time, its said, there was a land where people made everything that they needed. You could support yourself, support your family with dignity.
I'm gonna chase it, chase down the American dream. I'm gonna find it wherever its at. Thats why I'm going to Indonesia to get my old job back.
I put on my sunglasses that were made out in Sri Lanka.
'Got my designer blue jeans on, sewn together in Taiwan.
T-shirt that says "I heart New York", silk screened in Singapore.
My 9 year old girls pink, silky blouse, made by a 9 year old girl in Laos.
Forward my mail off to Indonesia, 'cause thats where my job went.
Operating costs cut. Quarterly earnings are up. Stocks are rising. They've got Boardwalk and Park place, shit eating grins on their faces. No hiring.
New policies are in place. The CEO gets a raise, such good buisness. Board of directors, they rave, keep showering all their praise on short-sightedness.
Manufacture all of it overseas. Ship it back, mark it up as high as they please. But don't be suprised if no one buys, its not their fault that they're all unemployed.
I keep singing and playing this song that was written in Hong Kong.
Components for cruise missle guidance on an assembly line in China.
I surf the web on a microchip, from Malaysia it was shipped.
And I wave my American flag, made with pride, in Thailand.
Well, I can see myself now with a George Hamilton tan and no worries. Just sipping a drink at some outdoor cafe down in Bali.
Learning how to speak Bahasa. Who's this monkey on the front of the Rupiah? Well, I don't know who he is, but these things, they spend just like real money.
Well, once upon a time, its said, there was a land where people made everything that they needed. You could support yourself, support your family with dignity.
I'm gonna chase it, chase down the American dream. I'm gonna find it wherever its at. Thats why I'm going to Indonesia to get my old job back.
Thats right, I'm going to Indonesia to get my old job back.
