Bought And Sold

<br>Well we`re heading for a past that you leave not defend <br>Where the downtowns hold the sadness of you can`t go back again <br>It`s there you`ll find the rust and debtors <br>Motel signs with missing letters <br>Cause there`s a monster on the outskirts <br>Says it knows what your town needs <br>Then it eats it up like nothing and it won`t spit out the seeds <br>And we can be the super shoppers <br>We can say we`re really smart <br>We can say our town is doing fine without a beating heart <br>We can even say the money saved is all our own <br>It`s bought and sold, it`s bought and sold <br>And we`re heading for a nasty business, keeps our country growing <br>Where the weapons that we`re selling are the only seeds we`re sowing <br>You get to blow the fruits of all your labors <br>Sell F-16`s to all the neighbors <br>And we know that it`s for money <br>And that`s how the west gets bargained <br>You the know the last time this happened <br>Even Vietnam got jargoned <br>And you can say they`re out to hunt you <br>You can say they`re out to fish you <br>You can join a gang of restless boys <br>Or start your own militia <br>You can even say your violence is all your own <br>It`s bought and sold, it`s bought and sold <br>Well I look up to the people who are less bought than I <br>You can show them what you`re selling <br>And they`ll only ask you why <br>And their paychecks don`t have lots of zeros <br>They`re my friends and they`re my heroes <br>And the TV sets are angry `cause they just can`t make `em pay <br>But I like the way these people read the signs and walk away <br>And we can call ourselves the makers <br>And the keepers of the times <br>We can spend our sand dollars <br>And sand nickels and sand dimes <br>We can even say prosperity is all our own <br>It`s bought and sold, it`s bought and sold <br>We can even say our loneliness is all our own <br>It`s bought and sold, it`s bought and sold <br>It`s bought and sold, it`s bought and sold