Selling Dreams - A Song for Recession Times...

Chorus:                      

Selling, selling dreams … (um hmm, um hmmm)

There’s no self esteem (ah huh, ah huh)

They’ll sell you the moon

And if you buy their car

You can be a star (ah ha, Aha!)

Selling, selling dreams (hmm hmmm, hmm hmmm)

1.                  Trendy home machines

Can fill your lives

Clothes and trips and things

Of every size

(Yet) when you go back home

You are still alone

Searching for yourself…    (ah ha, Aha!)               Chorus

2.                Empty, empty words and promises

Are lying all around

For you to choose

Which one will you try?

Any way it’s a lie

And in the end you’ll be a fool to believe it.       Chorus

3.                  Believe it if you want it’s yours to try

There’s no truth or dare

Nobody cares

Even if you slog and work hard like a dog

You’ll spend it in a jiff   (ah ha, Aha!)

You’ll carry on like this till you realize               Chorus

I would call this a song specially meant for a time like this... Recession is causing everyone to regret decisions they made about things they purchased or the loans they took... Everyone is finding new ways to manage with whatever amount of money they have and are learning how tough it is to hold on to one's purse strings!

The song also conveys the message that matters of self-esteem and things that really are important are not connected with the things we have or buy!