[Arrangement: Dark, driving piano-rock / organ-rock anthem. Starts with a sparse piano and bass pulse, builds into pounding drums, distorted guitar, and a huge call-and-response chorus.]
[Intro]
Cash register ringing…
(Cha-ching!)
Hear that sound?
(Going down!)
[Verse 1]
We put a price on everything
From the mountain to the sea
Put a dollar sign on tomorrow
And called it “free”
[Chorus]
Liquidation sale!
(Epic fail!)
Everything must go!
(What little we know!)
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)
Sell the future
(Sell it cheap!)
Dig it deeper
(While we sleep!)
… with the sheep
Liquidation sale!
(Going, going, gone!)
The sky is calling (falling)
We’ve been calling too long!
[Verse 2]
Heat waves in the marketplace
Floodwater through the door
Insurance walking out the back
Saying, “We don’t cover anymore”
[Chorus]
Liquidation sale!
(Moral of the tale?)
Everything must go!
(Everything we know!)
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)
Sell the future
(Sell it cheap!)
Dig it deeper (deep, deep, deep)
While we sleep…
(With fellow sheep)
Liquidation sale!
(Going, going, gone!)
The sky is calling
(We’ve been calling too long!)
… falling, calling, falling…
[Refrain]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale)
Fear the atmosphere
(That you ignore)
Same ole song…
(Not for long)
No, no more!
[Bridge]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale)
Fear the atmosphere
(That you ignore)
Same ole song…
(Not for long)
No, no more!
(Whoa-oh!)
The price is rising
(Not surprising!)
The cost no longer hidden
(The apple… bitten)
… the bill’s comes due…
[Breakdown]
For me n’ you
Going once!
(Once!)
Going twice!
(Twice!)
Sold to the highest bidder!
(Who?)
Sold the future!
(That’s you)
… for sure…
Going once!
(Going once!)
Going twice!
(Going twice!)
Sold!
(His story told)
[Instrumental]
[Pounding piano / organ riff]
Hail!
(Hail!)
Hail!
(Hail!)
The mighty dollar!
(The mighty dollar!)
But who will save us
(When the sale is over?)
… we’ll discover
[Final Chorus]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)
No more hiding
(No more lies!)
No more selling
(Our demise!)
Liquidation sale!
(Going, going, gone!)
The sky is calling
(Hey! I’m falling!)
No more “same ole song”
(We’ve been calling too long!)
Liquidation sale!
(Liquidation sale!)
The final warning bell!
(The final warning bell!)
You can sell the future
(Still… you can’t escape the bill!)
[Final Refrain]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)
Fear the atmosphere
(That you ignore)
Same ole song…
(Not for long)
No, no more!
(No, no more!)
NO MORE!
[Outro]
Cash register ringing…
(Cha-ching!)
Ding. Ding. Ding.
[Whisper]
Liquidation sale…
(Epic fail)
Souls for sale
[Repeat, Fade out]
[Silence]
[End]
From the album “Fluidization“