Consumer Blues

There’s a rumour going round, we don’t know what it is, but we all get in line. Could be one thing, could be another, but we all get in line. They’re probably selling something, they must be selling something, so we all get in line.

Maybe it’s a bargain, maybe it’s a con, but we all get in line. A pocketful of diamonds or half a pound of mince, but we all get in line. We won’t know what we’re missing if we turn and walk away, so we all get in line.

There’s nothing more we need, the house is full of crap, but we all get in line. No room in the closets, the garage walls are bulging, but we all get in line. Someone says she’s seen it, someone says it’s cool, so we all get in line.

They’re chopping down the forests and slicing up the mountains, but we all get in line. Half the world is starving and living under cardboard, but we all get in line. And if they want to count our dirty carbon footprints, we’ll all get in line.

There are seven billion birthdays, and Christmas round the corner, so we all get in line. Instant payday credit, and a pawnshop up the alley, so we all get in line. But you never know your luck, there’s a winner every minute, so we all get in line.

The country folk are leaving and moving to the city, where they all get in line. It’s so hard to make a living but they hear it can be done, so they all get in line. And we’re running out of oil, and we’re running out of water, so we all get in line.

There’s talk of revolution, and anarchy and war, and it’s coming down the line. You don’t know who to trust or which side to be on, if it’s coming down the line. But there’s a man in a truck selling guns and insurance, and he’s coming down the line.

And the government is saying there’s a threat to law and order but no one will get hurt, arrested or imprisoned – if we all stay in line.