If there's a task that must be done

Don't turn your tail and run

Don't pout don't sob

Just do a half assed job

If you cut every corner

It is really not so bad

Everybody does it

Even mom and dad

If nobody sees it

Then nobody gets mad

It's me American way

The policeman on the beat

Needs some time to rest his feet

Fighting crime is not my cup of tea

And the clerk who runs the store

Can charge a little more

For meat

For meat

And milk

And milk

From ninety eight four

If you cut every corner

You'll have more time for play

It's me American way