Price Tag - Sleater-Kinney

The bells go off

The buzzer coughs

The traffic starts to buzz

The clothes are stiff

The fabrics itch

The fit's a little rough

But I suck it in

To every stitch

Try to fit inside the glove

I scrambled eggs

For little legs

The day's off in a rush

It's 9 AM

We must clock in

The system waits for us

I stock the shelves I work the rows

The product's all light up

If I could flip the switch

The system fix

I could move us to the top

The numbers roll it's time to go

But never fast enough

We never really checked

We never checked the price tag

When the cost comes in

It's gonna be high

We love our bargains

We love the prices so low

With the good jobs gone

It's gonna be rough

In the market

The kids are starving

They reach for the good stuff

Let's stay off label

Just 'til we're able

To save a little up

The next big win

The ship comes in

No more worry for us

Just keep moving

The wheels keep turning

It's time to go pay up

We never really checked

We never checked the price tag

When the cost comes in

It's gonna be high

We love our bargains

We love the prices so low

With the good jobs gone

It's gonna be rough

I was lured by the devil

I was lured by the cost

I was lured by the fear

That all we had was lost

I was blind by the money

I was numb from the greed

I'll take God when I'm ready

I'll choose sin 'till I leave

We never really checked

We never checked the price tag

When the cost comes in

It's gonna be high

I was lured by the devil

I was lured by the cost

We love our bargains

We love the prices so low