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Brought Up to Shop

from Star Sea by Thinkspeak

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Railing against capitalism all the time, aren't I being just a bit ungrateful? Isn't it capitalism that brings me abundance? Well, I have to say that abundance as defined in this song is more like addiction, an affliction that not only promotes competition and thus reduces empathy, but preoccupies one such that the wondrous miracle of being is completely missed. I venture that we can have material abundance without despoiling the life system, terrorizing our fellows with violence, oppression and war, and without dulling our awareness of the magnificence of being..

lyrics

fill up my wheel cart deliver for free
forever's my shelf life I'm on a spree
warehouse of gadgets five car garage
piles of purchasing objects of god

chorus:
I'm a consumer I'm a consumer live for consumption live to consume
I'm a consumer consumption non-stop
I'm a consumer brought up to shop

2.
holiday hot sale everything slashed
get it on payment get it on cash
throw out the old stuff got to be new
buy up a long yaught and hire a crew - chorus

3.
brief all the servants dress down the staff
throw a big party pay for the laughs
bid up old antiques furniture and cars
a place in the mountains and one in the stars - chorus

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from Star Sea, released August 18, 2013

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Thinkspeak Atlanta, Georgia

Tom Ferguson has been writing songs since 1969, all of which are collected in Songs, 1969-2018. It's coil-bound to nicely fit a music stand, available at lulu.com just search tom ferguson there.

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