(First Chorus)

Cadmium/
I've got batteries made of nickel-cadmium/
Got 'em all in the charger for cadmium/

Can't figure out why they won't hold their charge in/
Wait-they're ol-ol-old!/
About time they're disposed!/

1. I recall the RC cars they powered/
Drove those things around till they tore up the road/

Now they lie on a shelf down below/
Just used their batteries one time too many/

Now they don't work any./
Used to be uncanny./

(Second Chorus)

Cadmium/
So much can be made of the things'/
Cadmium!/

Don't wanna have to spend cash to buy/
Cadmium!/

Just one more thing to give my wallet holes/

Oh.....oh noooooo!!!!

2. Don't wanna spend the bucks no more this time!
That would seem a crime./

Did not buy my love flowers either/
My money just wants me to let go!/
Can't let go!/

Then again, that might be it after all/
Life with just Benjamins is life lived alone/

And in the end/perhaps it ain't that bad/
Always get it back with my next paycheck/

Nuff with this misery!/
I'm not that miserly./

(Third Chorus)

Cadmium/
Time to end this Scrooge complex with/
Cadmium
Feed my tightwad side to the eels/
Cadmium/

Now to drive my RCs to the moon./

Oh-oooh yeah!
And now away we go...