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China is the Workshop for the Widgets of the World

from The Missing Pers​.​.​. by The Missing Persians

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Now nowhere is it written down
or part of nature’s plan
That everything we use is manufactured in Japan
The tycoons out in Tokyo have everything to fear
We’re not talking South America
not talking South Korea
We see a new world order
as the century unfurls
It’s China that’s the workshop
for the widgets of the world

It started out with Kodak
and their cameras and tripods
Then came Sony and the Walkmen now it’s Apple and the iPods
There isn’t much that you can find that isn’t somehow finer
For turning up-side-down
and finding out it’s made in China
For everything that beeps and whistles pirouettes and twirls
China is the workshop for the widgets and gadgets, yeah
China is the workshop for the widgets of the world

Once our stuff was made by Mexicans moonlighting in El Paso
Tomorrow’s toys will probably come from Burkina Faso
A dollar and a half an hour is all the bosses want to pay
Pretty soon they’ll find someone who’ll do it for a dollar and a half a day

We know where Christmas comes from for all the boys and girls
It’s China that’s the workshop for the widgets and the gadgets and
the fridges and their magnets and their bits and bytes and digits

China is the workshop for the widgets of the world

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from The Missing Pers​.​.​., released July 22, 2014

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Four men, originally from Oxford, play some songs written and sung by Chris. An Americana, bluesy vibe with harmonies aplenty. Third album on its way.

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