Time was when an american about to go abroad would be warned by his friends or the guidebooks not to drink the water but times have changed and now a foreigner coming to this country might be o
D the following advice

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 gotta swim and birds gotta 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, 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 in to 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 <cough> the air