Still Seems Like Food To Me

What’s the matter with the food I’m eating Are you worried that it’s modified?

Still Seems Like Food To Me

Maybe I should buy my food organic Till these high-tech fears subside

Still Seems Like Food To Me

Roundup ready soy beans

Inside I tell ya that I’m not so worried honey Even if Monsanto’s makin’ lots of money

BST and fish genes It still seems like food to me

Still Seems Like Food To Me

What’s the matter with the corn I’m nibbling Are you worried that it’s got BT?

Still Seems Like Food To Me

Seems peculiar that the government said It’s fine for animals but not for me

Still Seems Like Food To Me

The farmers love it ‘cause the corn borer’s dying Others say it might prevent the monarchs from flying Allergens, Starlink You wanna know what I think It still seems like food to me

Still Seems Like Food To Me

There’s some new food on your plate It’s hard to get the story straight From a feature in a magazine About a complicated gene

Oh it doesn’t matterwhat they say in the papers

‘Cause it’s always been the same old scene

Still Seems Like Food To Me

We hear the stories about biotech’s promise And the ways to improve our plants

Still Seems Like Food To Me

Industry thinks we’ll accept their new products If we just give ‘em half a chance

Still Seems Like Food To Me

There’s sure to be resistance from lots of baby boomers

But until we see some benefits for consumers

Agriculture’s new wave I’ll just have to be brave It still seems like food to me

Still Seems Like Food To Me

What’s the problem with genetic changes We’ve been making ‘em for hundreds of years

Still Seems Like Food To Me

All those crops from conventional breeding Never sparked the same types of fears

Still Seems Like Food To Me

But now we’re able to move genes across species

Cutting edge research hand-in-hand with ethics theses

It’s the next phase, fears raised, Trails blazed, anyways It still seems like food to me

Still Seems Like Food To Me

Everybody’s talking ‘bout the new crops, Funny, but it still seems like food to me.