If you visit American city

You will find it very pretty

Just two things of which you must beware:

Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!

Pollution, pollution

They got smog and sewage and mud

Turn on your tap

And get hot and cold running crud

See the halibuts and the sturgeons

Being wiped out by detergents

Fish got to swim and birds got to fly

But they don't last long, if they try

Pollution, pollution

You can use the latest toothpaste

And then rinse your mouth

With industrial waste

Just go out for a breath of air

And you'll be ready for Medicare

The city streets are really quite a thrill

If the hoods don't get you, the monoxide will

Pollution, pollution

Wear a gas mask and a veil

Then you can breathe

As long as you don't inhale

Lots of things there that you can drink

But stay away from the kitchen sink

The breakfast garbage that you throw into the bay

They drink at lunch in San Jose

So go to the city, see the crazy people there

Like lambs to the slaughter

They're drinking the water

And breathing the air