There's a man he's talking you down you've seen his face before time after time

And he's talked his way into your life into your home, into your mind

If you can't hear the words he's saying still you know he's trying to sell you something Have the children crying I want I want I want till they hurt with the wanting

They want what they see

They want more than they need

Oh the excess the greed all we wanted and never found

Tell me where will we be when it all comes down

Tto light and sound, to light and sound, to light and sound

So you wake up you look in the mirror and see a slave chained to the need

To work till the race is won the debt is paid and the fingers bleed

When did you last have the time to stop and stare and the time to wonder

How much how long how many tears how many years to satisfy the hunger

And at the end of the road

You have nothing to show

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You walk in the neon lights of the crowded streets and the bright arcades

Where the shopkeepers reach out their hands and they say 'Six months to pay'

They know that if they show you these things you're gonna want them

And squander the gold of your sweat and tears till you're left with nothing

You watch as your plans

Turn to dust in your hands

* Repeat chorus *