Sharks In The Gene Pool Lyrics - Nomeansno

First the urine test - now this 

First the urine test - now this! 

Why do all the best technology advances 

Always wind up in the worst possible hands 

Through dna analysis 

We may one day conquer disease 

A "perfect" baby every time 

By mapping and manipulating people's genes 

Cosmetic surgery before you're born 

Know in advance what you'll die of 

Everyone is useful and the same 

Swimmers bred like horses for olympic teams 

Life insurance? be serious! 

You have to get your genes screened first 

Toxic chemicals? fumes at work? 

No sweat! get a gene transplant 

Otherwise you'll lose your job do 

You wanna wind up out in the streets? 

And raise your children in campgrounds and shelters? 

And beg to eat 

There's too many sharks in the gene pool 

Too many chewed up bodies on the shore 

Too many sharks in the gene pool 

Too many leftovers rotting all around us 

First the urine test - now this! 

Why do the best technological advances 

Keep winding up as... 

Uniform hybrid species 

For fresh-looking pest-proof food 

An apple can sit on the shelf for years 

When we irradiate the molecules 

But where did the nutrition go? 

And what's taken it's place? 

Slipshod tampering with science 

Out of control factory farm eugenics 

Slaughterhouses in lowa 

Filled with tumor-infested cows 

Failed experiments hidden 'til sold 

To your local school lunch program 

Grade D, but edible 

Our food, our life, our attitude 

Suffocating in what we refuse to recycle 

Time bombs fester in every town 

Billions of dollars spent every year 

Searching for a cure for cancer 

Why not spend that money instead 

To wipe out pollution that causes the cancer 

There's too many sharks in the gene pool 

Too many screw-ups washing on shore 

Too many sharks in the gene pool 

Too many preventable accidents among us 

Meryl Streep... where are you? 

Where did american know how go 

Why do japanese build better stereos 

Is it 'cos our best minds can't get a job 

Except when they help make toys for the Pentagon 

Germ warfare, more bombs 

Germ warfare, more bombs 

Our whole economy's based on fear and death 

How long can we get away with this? 

And we live here 

Instead of better health we get a.i.d.s. 

Instead of nourishment we get steroids 

The most popular selections at celebrity sperm banks 

Are sports heroes 

Gap widens between the haves and the have-nots 

Rich and powerful breed only with themselves 

We all know what happens when too much of this happens 

The offspring just ain't real bright 

How else can you explain 

The erosion of talent and the vision thing 

To the point where the best that they can come up with 

For our future role models and leaders 

Are vicious blind machines 

Like Albert Gore and Dan Quayle 

Why do the best solutions and advances 

Get thrown away in the worst possible hands 

There's too many sharks in the gene pool 

Too many carcasses washing on shore 

Too many sharks in the gene pool 

Avalanche of toxic guts all around us 

We're incompetent as human beings 

Even worse at playing God 

Wrong people 

Right place 

Ruling class 

Gets the only pass 

To board the ark 

For outer space 

In 2001 

What about this place?