A nice Sunday morning listening to Pandora at home with a cup of strong (but rather sweet) coffee. And Ben Fold’s song, All You Can Eat, starts playing. The lyrics to “All U Can Eat” feel a lot more appropriate lately than it might have been even just a year ago.
I’m not normally a cynic, but everything from driving to going grocery shopping, I see a lot of this stuff Ben Folds is singing about.
(And I *swear* I’ve seen that same guy with the peace sign on his license plate) ;)
All U Can Eat lyrics by Ben Folds
What do you think they weigh?
And out the window to the parking lot
At their SUV’s taking all the
They talk as loud as they want
They give no fuck
Just as long as there’s enough for them
Gonna get on the microphone down at Wal-Mart
Talk about some shit that’s been on my mind
Talk of the state of this great nation of ours
People look to your left
Yeah, look to your right
They give no fuck
They buy as much as they want
They give no fuck
Just as long as there’s enough for them
Son, look at the people lining up for plastic
Wouldn’t you like to see them in the National Geographic?
Squatting bare assed in the dirt eating rice from a bowl
With a towel on their head, and maybe a bone in their nose
See that asshole with the peace sign on his license plate?
Giving me the finger and running me out of his lane
God made us number one because he loves us the best
Well he should go bless someone else for a while
Give us a rest
(They give no)
Yeah, and everyone can see
(They give no)
We’ve eaten all that we can eat
