Food Blues

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I was waitin' in Rosie's Restaurant
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When the waiter came up and said what do you want
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I looked at the menu and it looked so nice
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Till he said lemme give you some advice.

[Verse]
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He said spaghetti and potatoes got too much starch
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Pork chops and sausage are bad for your heart
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There's hormones in chicken and beef and veal
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Bowl of ravioli is a dead man's meal.

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Bread's got preservatives there's nitrites in ham
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Artificial coloring in jellies and jam
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Stay away from donuts run away from pie
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Pepperoni pizza is a sure way to die.

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Sugar rots your teeth and makes you put on weight
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But artificial sweetener's got cyclamates
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Eggs got cholesterol, there's fat in cheese
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Coffee ruins your kidneys and so does tea.

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Fish got mercury, red meat is poison
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Salt's gonna send your blood pressure risin'
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Hot dogs and bologna got deadly red dyes
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Vegetables and fruits are sprayed with pesticides.

[Break]
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[Verse]
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So I said what can I eat that's gonna make me last
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He said a small drink of water in a sterilized glass
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And then he stopped and he thought for a minute
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And said never mind the water, there's carcinogenics in it.

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So I got up from the table and walked out in the street
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Realizin' there was nothin' I could eat
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I ain't eaten for a month and I'm feeling fine
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'Cause he did not mention beer, whiskey, women and sweet red wine...