Song Description

Observations on overt materialism.

Lyrics

STORE-BOUGHT STYLE
(1)

WORDS AND MUSIC BY
GARY M. WOLLMAN

THEY TAKE YOU
THEY OUT FAKE YOU
YOU KNOW IT'S DELIBERATE
YOUR EYES OPEN WIDE
WHAT YOU WANT THEY CAN DELIVER IT
THEIR PURPOSE IS CLEAR
TO SELL YOU THIS AND SELL YOU THAT
FROM THE NINJA TURTLES TO THE DESERT STORM RATS

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU DESERVE
BUT YOU TAKE WHAT THEY WILL GIVE YOU
YOU CAN BUY IT
STEAL IT
BETTER WATCH IT DON'T OUTLIVE YOU
YOU CAN GET IT FROM THEM
THEN YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE STREETS
BUT WHAT YOU WEAR AND WHAT YOU THINK
ARE CAUSING YOU SUCH GRIEF

AND YOU KNOW YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHING
BUT STORE-BOUGHT STYLE
& IT AIN'T NO WONDER WHY
YOU'VE BEEN LOSING TOUCH ALL THE WHILE
TOO MANY OF US HAVE BEEN BUYING UP INTO
THIS STORE-BOUGHT STYLE

FOR ALL THE THING S THAT WE WANT
THE PRICE IS NEVER TOO CHEAP
YOU KNOW YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
WHAT YOU SOW IS WHAT YOU REAP
YOU CAN'T BREAK AWAY
YOU'RE A SLAVE TO THE HABIT
'TIL THE DAY THAT YOU SAY YOU FINALLY HAD IT





STORE-BOUGHT STYLE
(2)

WORDS AND MUSIC BY
GARY M. WOLLMAN

WE'RE LOOKIN' AT DISASTER IN THIS AGE OF EXCESS
TOO MANY SHOES AND PERFUMES FIND MINDS TO IMPRESS
NOW MAKE THAT WEAPONS AND HATE
AND WE'RE IN TROUBLE CONFESS
WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE GOALS WE SET
TO GET OUT OF THIS MESS

YOU CAN WEAR WHAT YOU CELEBRATE
BUT WHAT'S THERE LEFT TO CHEER
NOT A CHAIN OR A CLOTH
A GUN OR A BEER
WE'RE TOO EAGER FOR ITEMS OF THE NAME-BRAND KIND
AND TOO OCCUPIED WITH VISIONS OF CALVIN KLEIN

YOU CAN'T HELP IT YOU SAY
THE LURE IS JUST TOO FANTASTIC
BUT THE SALE IS OVERPLAYED
WATCH THE GOLD TURN INTO PLASTIC
IT'S YOUR INNERMOST FEARS
YOU NEED UNMASK AND UNDRESS
NAKED TO THE SOUL AND DOUBLY BLESSED