I landed in Denmark and there was Burger King   And a red and white sign saying "Coke's the real thing"   The Titanic was sinking at the local cineplex   And the kids were chomping on corn chex   In the city center the stores were closing down   Things just haven't been the same since the Wal-Mart came to town   In the growing suburbs folks were driving minivans   And it's all gone according to the best-laid plans      Welcome to the European Union   It´s evolving every day   Getting more and more like the USA      Well I thumbed a ride to Hamburg, saw the homeless in the street   The mayor had to build more houses to make room for the elite   The cops were rounding up the immigrants, sending them to other places   It was plain to see the desperation on their faces   When I got to Brussels you could feel the scheming in the air   Corporate executives in suits were everywhere   And they were very happy for all the plans they made   And you could hear them chanting, "Free trade, free trade, free trade!"      Welcome to the European Union   It´s evolving every day   Getting more and more like the USA      And in London men were saying, "We need more fighter planes   And we need more motorways with some extra lanes   We need Washington to teach us how an economy runs   And spend lots more money on cars and bombs and guns   When Euro-Interests are threatened we must be prepared   To invade some backward country if the United States is scared   Africa may shake and the peaceniks will glower   But what the world plainly needs is another superpower"      Welcome to the European Union   It´s evolving every day   Getting more and more like the USA      Once we were so proud of social democracy   Welfare for all and long vacations by the sea   But now we have seen the errors of our ways   There is no alternative, no way back to the old days   If you want a living wage, we'll tell you where to go   As we welcome China into the WTO   Yes if you want an honest job your prospects might not look sunny   But there's never been a better time if you've got lots of money      Welcome to the European Union   It´s evolving every day   Getting more and more like the USA      Yes in the halls of power from Athens to Paris   You can hear the rulers shouting "No more subsidy!   So fuck off all you workers, farmers, greens and all   It´s time to turn the world into a giant shopping mall"   From Rasmussen to Shroeder, Blair to Berlusconi   It´s all the same old show, same old dog and pony   If you need me to spell it out, what's the matter with them   It´s called C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M      Welcome to the European Union   It´s evolving every day   Getting more and more like the USA