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