Words and music copyright 1998 by Steve Brooks

CHORUS
In the Japanese town of Nagano,
Where winter is snowy and cold,
The pitchmen are out like piranhas,
As everyone goes for the gold.

If you really want to see B.S.,
Just turn on the CBS News.
'Cause Nike is paying big fee-es
For wearing the sign of the swoosh.
And while we're on the subject of Nike,
They've taken to footing the bill
For skiers from tropical countries.
That's why skiing is going downhill.

CHORUS

An athlete who has any horse-sense
Can turn fifteen minutes of fame
Into lucrative product endorsements,
'Cause that's the new rule of the Games.
Let's hear it for Tara Lipinski,
Who showed the whole world how to skate.
She's younger than Monica Lewinsky,
And she'll soon be as rich as Bill Gates.

CHORUS

They're amateurs playing athletics.
At least, that is what they profess.
The truth, it is fairly pathetic:
They're living on corporate largesse.
The spoils all go to the winners,
The fat to a fortunate few.
They're eating the losers for dinner.
Don't it sound a lot like me and you?

CHORUS

The pitchmen are reaching Nirvana.
As everyone goes for the gold.