So you wrote me a letter

Which I thought was really kind

I don't recall which song it was

But there is one you really liked



And you asked me so innocently

Of my inspiration

Why I write the songs I sing

The reasons why I make them



Nothing here is what it seems

Risk the wreckage of your dreams

So that you are always shopping

To steal away the cash you're dropping



Listen to me when I say

Fantasies are built to fade

There you are, you're always shopping

Even try, there is no stopping



Don't misunderstand me

It always makes me smile

When I can serenade you

As you're rolling down the aisles



On this journey of your soul's desire

The paradise of goods

You're doing just exactly

What I think you should



Nothing here is what it seems

Risk the wreckage of your dreams

So that you are always shopping

While you roll, you're really rocking



Listen to me when I say

Fantasies are built to fade

There you are, you're always wanting

You don't have is always haunting



Still one thing I have to say

My confession's not complete

I've made is sound as if all this

Has nothing to do with me



Surely is not anything

Further from the truth

When I have pretty things to gain

And only useless things to lose



Wish there were another way

I must keep the wolves at bay

I hope that you don't find it shocking

Rock and roll is built on shopping



If you?re searching for my soul

Come check out my chains of gold

Grab your purse and let's go shopping

For lingerie and silky stockings



Let's go shopping together

So that we can find ourselves

So that we can buy ourselves



Let's go shopping together

'Cause we are always by ourselves

We are always by ourselves



Let's go shopping together

So that we can find ourselves