My pockets are full but there's a hole in my soul
I need a purpose, but I don't know where to look
Then I go to the mall and I go shopping
Maybe I'm buying maybe "just looking"
I hope to find something, I don't know what it is

  I wish I knew what I was searching for
  In the halls of the malls of America
  Something to love, something to adore
  I.T.H.O.T.M.O. America

I need to wear the latest fashion
My look should move you to a fit of passion
I want an image, but I don't know what it is

I need to buy a new direction
Please have a sale on human connection
I shop for meaning still I don't know where it is

  I wish I knew what I was searching for
  In the halls of the malls of America
  Something to love, something to adore
  I.T.H.O.T.M.O. America

    No one to help me, I'm safely enclosed
    There's dance music booming -- mannequins posed
    No outside weather, no traffic, no crime
    Please take my money -- I'm just spending time

  I wish I knew what I was searching for
  In the halls of the malls of America
  Something to love, something to adore
  I.T.H.O.T.M.O. America