How Can You Raise a Child?

from THE SHOPOCALYPSE by Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir

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Mickey Mouse in baby’s bed
Big eyes, big ears, a bursting head
When baby screams the money flows
When baby dreams a soul is sold

CHORUS:
How can you raise a child?
How can you raise a child?
The oceans rise the sky is wild
And now we shop for air
And now we shop for air
Make a life and end it there
Baby baby what ya buyin?
Eyes go here eyes go there
Too late to cry – buyer beware
Baby baby what ya buyin?

Who’s expected, who’s outside?
Baby sleeps but cannot hide
The doorknob turns we cannot move
Oh no! The toy we can’t refuse

Killer logo in baby’s house
On daddy’s shoes, on momma’s blouse
On sister’s breath, on brother’s sweats
On toys, on bombs, on TV sets

CHORUS
The products meet in the childrens’ ward
What do you think they’re waiting for
The new consumer, the baby king
The one who will buy anything

Superman takes baby’s hand
Up in the sky to the ATM
Remove your cash the fun begins
We just spend and we spend and we spend
and we spend and we spend again

Baby baby what ya buyin?
Eyes go here, eyes go there
Too late to cry, buyer beware
Baby baby what ya buyin?
Baby baby what ya buyin?
what ya buyin?
what ya buyin?
How can you raise a child?
Baby baby what ya buyin?

credits

from THE SHOPOCALYPSE, released January 1, 2008
Written by: William Talen
Music: William Moses
Vocal: Lizzie Steeleheart
Band: E.K. Lewis / E. Johnson/ N. Stevens / L. Gruenbaum / M. Smith / M. Tipton / R. Becker

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