Bought And Sold
Dar Williams
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INTRO: D G Em AmD G Well, we're heading for a pastEm Am That you can leave, but not defendD G Where the downtowns hold the sadnessEm Am Of you-can't-go-back-againD It's there you'll find the rust andG debtorsEm Am Motel signs with missing lettersD 'Cause there's a monster on theG outskirtsEm Am Says it knows what your town needsD G Then it eats it up like nothingEm Am And it won't spit out the seedsDm G And we can be the super shoppersEm Am We can say we're really smartDm G We can say our town is doing fineEm Am Without a beating heart We can even say the money saved isD all our ownG It's bought and soldAm It's bought and soldD G Now we're heading for a nasty businessContinues after the adEm Am Keeps our country growingD G Where the weapons that we're sellingEm Am Are the only seeds we're sowingD G You get to blow the fruits of all your laboursEm Am Sell F-16′s to all the neighboursD G And we know that it's for moneyEm And that's how the west getsAm bargainedD G You know the last time this happenedEm Am Even Vietnam got jargonedDm G And you can say they're out to hunt youEm Am You can say they're out to fish youDm G You can join a gang of restless boysEm Am Or start your own militia You can even say your violence isD all your ownG It's bought and soldAm It's bought and soldINSTRUMENTAL: D G FA D C AD G Well, I look up to the peopleEm Am Who are less bought than ID You can show them what you'reG sellingEm Am And they'll only ask you whyD G Their pay checks don't have lots of zerosEm They're my friends and they're myAm heroesD G And the TV sets are angryEm Am 'Cause they just can't make 'em payD G But I like the way these peopleEm Am Read the signs and walk awayDm G We can call ourselves the makersEm Am And the keepers of the timesDm G We can spend our sand dollarsEm Am And sand nickels and sand dimesD We can even say prosperity is all our ownG It's bought and soldAm It's bought and sold We can even say our loneliness isD all our ownG It's bought and soldAm It's bought and soldD G E|t's| bought and sold--Am Em Am It's bought and sold