silversolitaire

Big Box Mart

Oh, it starts with sweat shop labor in a foreign factory
And gets packed on a vessel and shipped over the sea
It's loaded onto trailers and its spread across the map
Big Box Mart is the place I go to buy all of my crap

Oh, Big Box Mart, what do you have for me?
'Cause our shopping carts are empty and we're on a shopping spree.

I come to the Big Box Mart 'cause I do have lots of needs
And they sell crap the cheapest with their discounts guaranteed
When I'm walking through the aisles it's like I'm hypnotized
With a wallet full of credit cards I never leave deprived.

Oh, Big Box Mart, thank you for serving me
But my house is full of crap now and it used to be empty!

The next day at the factory the news was very grim
My job was being outsourced to the slums of East-Bejing!
Management was streamlining the company's work chart
They gotta make crap cheap enough to sell to Big Box Mart

Oh, Big Box Mart, look what you've done to me
He's gotta start all over at the age of 53.

I still go to Big Box Mart, yes, I'm there most all the time
These days you'll likely find me sweeping Aisle #9
My dreams of our retirement have gone up in a blaze
And I'll be scrubbing toilets till they stick me in the grave

Oh, Big Box Mart, what have you sold to me?
We used to be your customers, now we're your employees
Oh, Big Box Mart, my paycheck reminds me
Your every day low prices have a price, they aren't free!

Paper or plastic?