[At a convenience store with gas pumps and a cheap loudspeaker The Chorus entices with overt sexuality the drivers of chariots, carts,
and cars to come in from the nighttime roadway for a sudsy wash with natural sponges.]
MUSICAL INTRODUCTION
CHORUS
Bring 'em in!
Your chariots and carts, on in!
Our suggested donation is only ten.
So fellas, bring 'em in!
Astropolis is going broke,
It's down to the women folk!
All proceeds go to the cause!
The welfare state, the liberal arts!
Education! crushing tax!
Neutral carbon footprint acts!
Somehow budgets got away:
So it's car wash Saturday!
Bring 'em in!
Mazdas and Subarus, drive in.
Our suggested donation is only ten.
So ladies, bring 'em in!
Drive right up!
A sudsy sponge, a double cup!
Wet tees, service with a smile
And legs for miles and miles!
Astropolis is going broke!
It's down to the women folk!
All proceeds go to the cause!
The welfare state, the liberal arts!
Bloated budgets! Corporate tax!
The coffer's empty, that's a fact!
Spent it all, anyway!
Now it's car wash Saturday!
Top acts on our stage for you!
Lisa Strata dances, too!
[Lisa Strata dances rather desperately.]
Bring 'em in!
Your Ram truck or canoe--come in
Our suggested donation is only ten.
So ladies, come on in!
Pull right up!
A sudsy sponge, a double cup!
Wet tees, service with a smile,
And legs for miles and miles!
Astropolis is going broke!
It's down to the women folk!
All proceeds go to the cause!
The welfare state, the liberal arts!
Education! crushing tax!
Neutral carbon footprint acts!
Somehow budgets got away:
So it's car wash Saturday!
[Production credits roll on screen as the sound crackles and lights flicker .]
Astropolis is going broke!
It's down to the women folk!
All proceeds go to the cause!
The welfare state, the liberal arts!
Education! Crushing tax!
Neutral carbon footprint acts!
Somehow budgets got away:
So it's car wash Saturday!
[The viewer pulls back until the city in the clouds floats in the night time distance, just a flickering shadow.]
THE END