All the young and the pretty things Walking around with the diamond rings And you’d do the same every time Loaded up with the latest names The spoils of some ill-gotten gains And you need that shame in your life
And you know you get nothing for free?
It’s not a matter of what you say It doesn’t matter how much you pay Because they won’t let go No, they won’t let go of you It doesn’t matter how hard you try It doesn’t matter how much you buy Because you want what’s owed Because you want what’s owed to you
All the stars and the air-brushed teens Sliding out of the limousines You can see your name up in lights Every day it’s a different dream Staring out of your magazine You could buy that face You’d be the perfect wife
And you know you get nothing for free?
It’s not a matter of what you say It doesn’t matter how much you pay Because they won’t let go No, they won’t let go of you It doesn’t matter how hard you try It doesn’t matter how much you buy Because you want what’s owed Because you want what’s owed to you
Everybody wants some piece of the action Everybody needs it, jealousy feeds it
Living on the bread-line? Still gonna get mine
More alone than you’ve ever been Topping up on your self-esteem You can fill that space in your soul Take a trip with your credit card Fill the back of your brand-new car You can live that dream You can fill that hole
But you know you’ve got nothing on me And you know you get nothing for free?
It’s not a matter of what you say It doesn’t matter how much you pay Because they won’t let go No, they won’t let go of you It doesn’t matter how hard you try It doesn’t matter how much you buy Because you want what’s owed Because you want what’s owed to you
Everybody wants some piece of the action Everybody needs it, jealousy feeds it Living on the bread-line? Still gonna get mine