Think I got your dial tone
Think I got billy baxter's bone
Think I got a bubble-sac
Think I got a big mac attack
Hold the pickles hold the lettuce
Special orders don't upset us
All we ask is that you let us
Serve it your way
Too much paranoia's

My momma's afraid to tell me
The things she's afraid of
I been dipped in double meaning
I been stuck with static cling
Think I got a rupto-pac
Think I got a big mac attack


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    There are a lot of advertising slogans in this song - is it the paranoid mentality of someone who's dogged by people trying to sell him everything?

    Dubious Meriton March 06, 2006   Link
  • +1
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    Yes. Capitalism's effect on someone's mental health.

    urban_idyllon December 09, 2007   Link
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    American Culture at its best..tsk.

    Chanbaraon September 08, 2002   Link
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    In addition to the above, I think that the singer also thinks he has to keep too much straight. The hold the pickles line was actually from a Burger King slogan.

    quampon March 28, 2023   Link

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