John Forster
Текст песни Article Nine

[Narrator:] 1945! World War II over. Japan is in the doghouse. Occupational forces calling the shots. General MacArthur he says -
[General MacArthur:] Divine Emperor is lousy way to run a country. Japan need modern constitution. And we going to write it for you.
[The Japanese:] Uh oh!
[MacArthur:] Going to be just like U.S. constitution...
[The Japanese:] Much better.
[MacArthur:] ...with one difference. Article Nine.
[The Japanese:] Article Nine??
[MacArthur:] Article Nine say, "Japan not allowed to have army!"
[The Japanese:] Oh no!
[MacArthur:] "Japan not allowed to have navy!"
[The Japanese:] Very bad news!
[MacArthur:] "Japan not allowed to build expensive weapon systems they never plan to use."
[The Japanese:] Not fair!
[MacArthur:] "Japan have to rely on U.S. for defense."
[The Japanese:] You're kidding?!
[MacArthur:] "Japan have to let U.S. taxpayers buy them expensive weapon systems they never plan to use."
[The Japanese:] What we going to spend our money on?
[MacArthur:] Japan have to spend its money on research and development...on state-of-the-art technology...on super computer...industrial robotics...stuff like that.
[The Japanese:] That's it? That's Article Nine?
[MacArthur:] That's Article Nine. And you better abide by it.
[The Japanese:] We sure going to try.
[Narrator:] Forty-five years later...

Used to be Samurai.
Now we meek and quiet.
No more seek to conquer world.
Easier to buy it.
Lost the war. Big disgrace.
Still we don't bemoan it.
Pain in neck to rule the world.
Much more fun to own it.

Much more fun to rake in dollar,
Selling color TV set.
Much more fun to take a G-note,
Buy a T-note, float your debt.
Take your money, crisp and new,
Lend your money back to you.

What make the Floating Kingdom float?
Article Nine.
Why write the Yanks a thank you note?
Article Nine.

Whose constitution got that built in bottom line?
Ours does,
Thanks to Article Nine.

Now all of a sudden U.S. get mad at Japan...accuse us of unfair trade.
Selling car too cheap...VCR too cheap...chip too cheap.
"Very sorry! Just living up to Article Nine."
But U.S. got no sense of irony. Hit us with trade sanctions. Eulgh...great dishonor.

Ask my son what to do?
(He's at Harvard B School.)
"Problem simple. Could be solved
By even child in preschool.
What we care if U.S.
Slap on import quotas?
Way to win against Detroit?
Not sell more Toyotas.
Buy up General Motahs.

What cause the Rising Sun to rise?
Article Nine.
What help Nippon economize?
Article Nine.
America, America,
Prosperity can be thine.

Just offer yourselves what you gave us.
Article Nine.
Budget solution obvious.
Article Nine.
You got a nice constitution,
But one flaw in its design.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8...
Uh oh! Got no Article Nine!

What help the warlord give up war?
Article Nine.
How can we ever thank you for
Article Nine?
Thanks to General MacArthur.
Thanks to Harry Truman-san.
Thanks to Cabinet, thanks to Congress,
Special thanks to Pentagon.
Thanks for helping Rising Sun to rise and shine.
And several trillion dollars worth of thanks
For Article Nine.