Unless you believe in magic

There ain't much left you can be

A skeptic or a fool

Have you been watching your TV

Incredible is all I think of

Did I really see

Wordless faces double talkin'

A runnin' it down to me...



About buyin' time

Brother can you spare a dime

Ain't it a crime

How we got to buy time



People goin' hungry

Ain't no jobs, they's in the street

Nobody's got no answer

They're just staring at their feet

Ain't no doubt about it

Things are lookin' pretty bleak

An' everybody's scufflin' hard

Tryin' to make ends meet



About buyin' time

Brother can you spare a dime

Ain't it a crime

How we got to buy time



It happened once before, you know

In 1932

But now there's so many more of us

There's something we gotta do

Something radical, something different

Got to hit on something new

America, the dream is lost

And it's killin' me and you



About buyin' time

Brother can you spare a dime

Ain't it a crime

How we got to buy time