I ate my carrots
But I did not eat no broccoli
Oh no! NO!

I ate my carrots
I don’t care if they are good for me

All the time when my family dine
My mother so unkind
She say she want to bring me up healthy
So I must eat a lot of broccoli
Holy Christ! I hate broccoli

So I say:

I ate my carrots
But I smothered them with condiments
I ate my carrots
I must say, it was a vegetable offense

Farmer Ma, that’s her name to me
For give me crop, is all she know
Every time she bring broccoli
She say eat it, so you will grow
She say eat it, so you will grow

But I say:

I ate my carrots
But I will not eat my broccoli
I ate my carrots
It’s just veggies round the clock for me

My father, he is no help to me
He say listen to Farmer Ma
And don’t I know children are going hungry
In places such as Bountiful, Utah
Yes, they are STARVING, in Bountiful, Utah

I don’t care!

I ate my carrots
But I did not eat no broccoli
I ate my carrots
How unhealthy could a taco be?

Freedom came my way one day
Off to college, myself I found
All of a sudden, Farmer Ma comes round
Aiming to “stalk” me down
But then I talked, I talked her down

If we get pizza, I will pay

I ate my carrots
But I did not eat my broccoli
I ate my carrots
But I don’t eat no nasty broccoli, no!