MADE IN JAPAN

(written by Randy Kartchner & Kenneth Cope)

 

Land of the rising sun

Faces painted white, Samurai (hai), Sensei (yoshi)

So much of what they’ve become

Is born of several thousand years’ tradition

 

They work from mornin’ till night

Then ride the bullet train home again till dawning

Supremacy has it’s price (banzai)

Six days a week but not a soul is counting

 

They live for Tokyo – the yen is on the rise

Loyal to “Hancho San” – and all goes according to design

 

CHORUS:

Made in Japan

Once expectations

Now a “sensei”-tion

Custom made in Japan

 

They’re not just “stereo types”

Watches, cameras, cars, VCRs, you name it

They’ve stormed the red, blue, and white

Till old Uncle Sam sees his sons invaded

 

Some have declared a war:

“‘Nippon’ should be denied”

But so few are listenin’

They’re too busy looking for the sign

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

Once expectations

Now a “sensei”-tion

One world made in Japan

 

I hear Confucius say, “Make neighbor friend for life”

But don’t neighbor feel that way

I can’t get ’em to look in my eyes

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

© 1994 Paranoid Music (BMI) / Merge Right Music (BMI)