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There appears to be a movement in this culture we call oursFor some quickness and convenience when it comes to eating flourThere are many transmutations, many shapes that wheat is sized inAnd as many folks who eat it as are things it is disguised inOne such kind, the doughnut, is a favorite of the massesWho flock to local doughnut shops to fatten up their, come on,I would never use a word like that when there are children presentThough the words they hear and use at school may not be all that pleasant, eitherRight here on nature's sandy arm the Fleming family did commenceThe preparation of this treat for which they rose to prominenceWith elbows jostling torsos every morning, booties shakingWhere the local crowd would gather to partake of their fine bakingBoston cremes and honey dipped, coconut and chocolate coveredAnd the ones all stuffed with jelly or with shiny icing smotheredDon't forget the muffins or the Maxwell House's coffeeThis is probably not the place to ask you waitress for a latteAll was going smooth for years until one rueful dayWhen the world's largest donut nation sailed into the bayThey thought they'd sneak right into town out by the cemeteryWith those wash-ashores down from Vermont whose names were Ben and JerryBut Cape Codders are a wily lot, they saw the frosting on the wallAnd mounted up a protest to curtail this corporate sprawlLetras de canciones"We don't need your You-Know-Who-nuts here in town amongst our neighborsWe've got Donut Shacks and Hole in One's to do our pastry laborsSo take your franchise somewhere else to make your big dineroIf I gotta have a croissant, I'll just hit the Chocolate SparrowYet in spite of all the protest You-Know-Who-nuts got their storeFirst in Chatham, then in Eastham, and by now, there's several moreDon't deny it, I have seen you there in line with all the touristsWhere they claim the world's finest coffee, that's a joke to puristsBut if you pause to ponder, then this song will have succeededRight here at home you never know how much your dough is kneadedSo if you gotta have a sweet, there's something you can doConsider local merchants and the years that they've been here for youThey're the ones who've earned your business,So make sure that they don't go nutsGo spend more money at their storesAnd less at You-Know-Who-nuts From Letras Mania