You better top up your suntan
Otherwise your skin is gonna turn to leather
We made a movie in Vietnam
Tax break said “we’re gonna shoot on location”The rug says made in Korea
Manufactured in a factory using cheap labor
And all over Asia, Third World becoming
a major league playerMass production in Saigon
While auto workers laid off in Cleveland
Hot Jacuzzi in Taiwan
With empty factories in Birmingham
now it’s Baby boomers in Hong Kong
and Cowboys in Vietnam
Makin’ their moviesYou better top up your suntan
Looks like we’re in for heavy weather
Economic meltdown
Nobody said it would last foreverLet’s make a movie in Baghdad
Take the culture right to the Third World
Blow up a brand new Civilization
In the name of GlobalizationBig confusion in Hollywood, now it’s
American major league in japan
Hamburger in China, with
Sushi bars in Maine and Boston
The dollar sign said expand, now it’s
Cowboys in Vietnam
Makin’ their movies
Watch out, ride off with your
debts into the sunset
—Ray Davies, “Vietnam Cowboys,” Workingman’s Café