Verse 1:
I bear the red shield and I rule the blue world
I dwell in a castle you built with your toil
My hand holds five arrows ever hungry for war
I make the rich richer, and I slaughter the poor
Chorus:
Spend, spend
Your poor soul is mine,
For I choose who lives and I decide who dies
Spend, spend
Your poor soul is mine
For you owe all your life, and you’ll owe when you die.
Verse 2:
The politician’s my left hand, the law is my right
I can sneak in your house in the still of the night
Though your children are ill and your family is starving
I will tax all your income and reserve half your earnings
Chorus:
Spend, spend
Your poor soul is mine,
For I choose who lives and I decide who dies
Spend, spend
Your poor soul is mine
For you owe all your life, and you’ll owe when you die.
Verse 3:
I create money right out of thin air
I snap two fingers and it’s suddenly there
I lower the interest so you’ll sign a loan
Then I erratically raise it and foreclose your home
Chorus:
Spend, spend
Your poor soul is mine,
For I choose who lives and I decide who dies
Spend, spend
Your poor soul is mine
For you owe all your life, and you’ll owe when you die.
Verse 4:
I make you believe in titles and countries;
I fashion dissension with borders and boundaries
My eye is all seeing while I seek to blindfold you
By stirring confusion I sully all that is true.
Chorus:
Spend, spend
Your poor soul is mine,
For I choose who lives and I decide who dies
Spend, spend
Your poor soul is mine
For you owe all your life, and you’ll owe when you die.
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