We were thinking of our shrinking budget And we sit and curse and angrily begrude it Or we could the week-end in Fort Erie having fun And while we're at it a speedy border run. Yes, we'll be stocking up on little pleasures And then we'll speed the express lane with our treasures This border shopping is a lot fun than one might think In fact, until last week we smoke or are duty-free, smokes are duty-free This is gonna be quite a spree and gasoline, nylon, Neoprine Toilet and soap. Start packing the car, we're leaving I'm buy a ton of it in old New York Canadian goods, they're yesterday's These days I'm buying and stripes, out these shoes. I want to buy it in a city that it cheap And find I've for a drive, saved me a heap (saved him a heap!) There's a bold new future high on the And a VCR I kinda had my But this border shopping have a darker side, And are we being for a ride? Say, what's all the fuss, Free gotta grow But it's a of fiscal consequence for Canada, And that our companies move to Mexico. But we've got no choice, more taxes year But if spending all our money in the USA, our social programs may just disappear There's of merchandise at super-duper what a price And Carmel will entice, it's shopping that you simply ignore, in Spend Sunday in your fighting crowds in Townawanda More exhausting Jane Fonda And you've got ten minutes more to score You rush to Onandaga, race to Cheektowaga Feeling your shopping saga's worthy of a spot on Channel 4, News 4 Then driving home you wonder if your and your plunder been a massive blunder! All right, let's be frank, we at the bank Free Trade is shutting business down, so propose We trade the GST for Jan and Gretsky And keep our cash in country OHIP, Medicare, Welfare, we can share, Univeristy, UI OHIP, Medicare, Welfare, we can share, University, UI dropped!