The Restless Consumer

[Verse 1] The people have heard the news The people have spoken You may not like what they said But they weren't joking Way out on the desert sands Lies a desperate lover They call her the "Queen of Oil" So much to discover (Don't need) Don't need no ad machine telling me what I need (Don't need) Don't need no Madison Avenue war (Don't need) Don't need no more boxes I can see (Don't need) Covered in flags but I can't see them on TV [Refrain] (Don't need) Don't need no more lies (Don't need) Don't need no more lies (Don't need) Don't need no more lies (Don't need) Don't need no more lies [Bridge] The restless consumer flies Around the world each day With such an appetite For taste and grace [Verse 2] People from around the world Need someone to listen We're starving and dyin' from our disease We need your medicine How do you pay for war And leave us dyin'? When you could do so much more You're not even tryin' (Don't need) Don't need no TV ad telling me how sick I am (Don't need) Don't want to leave Don't want to know how many people are like me (Don't need) Don't need no dizziness, don't need no nausea (Don't need) Don't need no side effects like diarrhea or sexual death [Refrain] (Don't need) Don't need no more lies (Don't need) Don't need no more lies (Don't need) Don't need no more lies (Don't need) Don't need no more lies [Bridge] The restless consumer flies Asleep in her hotel With such an appetite For anything that sells [Verse 3] A hundred voices from a hundred lands Need someone to listen People are starvin' here and there (Need someone to listen) They don't see the world the way you do There's no mission accomplished here (Need someone to listen) Just death to thousands A hundred voices from a hundred lands Cry out in unison (Need someone to listen) (Don't need) Don't need no terror squad, don't want no damned jihad (Don't need) Blowing themselves away in my hood (Don't need) But we don't talk to them and we don't learn from them (Don't need) Hate don't negotiate with good, don't need it [Refrain] (Don't need) Don't need no more lies (Don't need) Don't need no more lies (Don't need) Don't need no more lies (Don't need) Don't need no more lies [Bridge] The restless consumer flies Around the world each day With such an appetite For efficiency and pace [Refrain] Don't need no more lies Don't need no more lies Don't need no more lies Don't need no more lies Don't need no more lies