from new york city to the golden gate the great lakes to the rio grande there s a hip new feeling that we re awfully appealing to the universal common man so get in line if you d like to shake our hands we re the ones we re the popular americans oooh yeah back on the scene we ve come to pledge allegiance at the altar of convenience in our wide leg baggy jeans and we ve pinned our passions on the tale end of fashion now we re as sexy as our shaving cream when in doubt we consult our magazines we re the ones we re the popular americans oooh yeah back on the scene having fun we re the popular americans oooh yeah bet you wish you were me i bet you wish you were me yeah don t you wish you were me yeah baby back on the scene when you re so prestigious it makes you half religious in a patriotic sort of way our money says we trust but you know it s only just a party slogan we were taught to say