Well, we're ^Dheading for a ^Gpast That you can ^Emleave, but not de^Amfend Where the ^Ddowntowns hold the ^Gsadness Of you-^Emcan't-go-back-a^Amgain It's ^Dthere you'll find the rust and ^Gdebtors ^EmMotel signs with ^Ammissing letters

'Cause there's a ^Dmonster on the ^Goutskirts Says it ^Emknows what your town ^Amneeds Then it ^Deats it up like ^Gnothing And it ^Emwon't spit out the ^Amseeds

And we can ^Dmbe the super ^Gshoppers We can ^Emsay we're really ^Amsmart We can ^Dmsay our town is ^Gdoing fine With^Emout a beating ^Amheart We can even say the money saved is ^Dall our own It's bought and ^Gsold It's bought and ^Amsold

Now we're ^Dheading for a ^Gnasty business ^EmKeeps our country ^Amgrowing Where the ^Dweapons that we're ^Gselling Are the ^Emonly seeds we're ^Amsowing You get to ^Dblow the fruits of ^Gall your labours Sell ^EmF-16′s to all th^Ame neighbours

And we ^Dknow that it's for ^Gmoney And that's ^Emhow the west gets ^Ambargained You know the ^Dlast time this ^Ghappened Even ^EmVietnam got ^Amjargoned

And you can ^Dmsay they're out to ^Ghunt you You can ^Emsay they're out to ^Amfish you You can ^Dmjoin a gang of ^Grestless boys Or ^Emstart your own mi^Amlitia You can even say your violence is ^Dall your own It's bought and ^Gsold It's bought and ^Amsold

Well, I ^Dlook up to the ^Gpeople Who are ^Emless bought than ^AmI You can ^Dshow them what you're ^Gselling And they'll ^Emonly ask you ^Amwhy Their ^Dpay checks don't have ^Glots of zeros ^EmThey're my friends and they're my ^Amheroes

And the ^DTV sets are ^Gangry 'Cause they ^Emjust can't make 'em ^Ampay But I ^Dlike the way these ^Gpeople Read the ^Emsigns and walk a^Amway

We can ^Dmcall ourselves the ^Gmakers And the ^Emkeepers of the ^Amtimes We can ^Dmspend our sand ^Gdollars And sand ^Emnickels and sand ^Amdimes We can even say prosperity is ^Dall our own It's bought and ^Gsold It's bought and ^Amsold We can even say our loneliness is ^Dall our own It's bought and ^Gsold It's bought and ^Amsold It's bought and ^Dsold_^G_ It's bought and ^Amsold ^{Em Am}