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