The Movie Lyrics

I went down to the shopping mall

Went to see where the people hang around

And I was swept along by a wave of mad consumers

Ready to shop that place into the ground

And the owners rubbed their hands together

Gearing up to sell

It was Free Enterprise heaven

But the mood was tense as hell

And it's not what it should be

Not what it's cracked up to be

If this is what life's all about

I think I'll wait for the movie

Went down to the sacred store

Where the man once said the music used to play

And now they crank the hits out by the hour

And the kids just buy the flavor of the day

Singing "We don't need no melody

We don't need no tone

Just wanna scare our parents out the house

And then we can be all alone"

And it's not what it should be

And it's very far from groovy

If this is what life's all about

I think I'll

Apocalyptic fairy tales

And a brand new civil war

People possessed by their own possessions

Is that what life is for?

Well I went on down to Wall Street

And the men in suits all waved and said hello

When I asked them why they hoarded all their money

They said that vicious lie just wasn't so

Why just last week they gave a dollar

To save the Earth and sky

'Cause when you've got so much power

You just can't stand idly by

Went up to the capitol

And I said hello to all the heads of state

When I asked them about all those pressing issues

They said the hour was really much too late

But don't worry, the president knows the people

He met 'em just yesterday

And before he screws this world up

He's gonna ask 'em what they have to say

And it's not what it should be

Not what it's cracked up to be

If this is what life's all about

I think I'll

Apocalyptic fairy tales

And a brand new civil war

People possessed by their own possessions

Is that what life is for?

I went down to the Space Center

Asked the astronaut how far he planned to go

And he said "As far away as this rocketship will take me

I don't wanna be around when the whistle blows"

And now he's up in orbit

Staring down at the Cape

He's just waiting for the right moment

To make his great escape

And it's not what it should be

And it's very far from groovy

If this is what life's all about

I think I'll

Wait for the movie