Use By 97 - The Axis of Awesome

There’s orange walls and a checkered floor

The place is dusty and dirty

An asian lady is stacking the shelves

A bottle of coke is a $ 1.30

A poster above the register

Tells me to munch on Muncheros

It’s been there so long it’s faded and blue

Like a papyrus from the tombs of the Pharohs

Warheads and Pogs and Ghostbuster cards

Kablooies and Pixie Sticks

How long have they had this stock

The shop that’s stuck in 1996

The family that works here lives out the back

They migrated here from Hong Kong

Nothing has a used by date

It’s been here for that long

I buy a rusty can of Tab

She hands me my change with a smile

It’s full of 1 and 2 cent coins

She’s been counting it out for a while

A Dunhill poster

And old dim sims

A limited edition Twix

How do they stay in business

The shop that’s stuck in 1996

MMMMmmmm Chiko Rolls

MMMMmmmm Simpsons Ice-cream

MMMMmmmm Push Pops

It’s like I’m stuck in a weird 90's dream

There’s products and prices from my youth

All at this mysterious store

I hurried home to tell my friends

To come with me and explore

But when we got back to the shop

We found that it didn’t exist

Well maybe they cut their loses

And headed back to 1996

Yeah maybe they cut their loses

And headed back to 1996

I said they headed for greener pastures

And went back to 1996