Poor Cow by Peter Bjorn and John Lyrics

When all is gone and things go wrong we don't need them anymore
The artifice and all they lack, we don't need them anymore
I don't have the means and so it seems for now I can't participate
But I've waited long, now the dollar's strong again, I still can't participate
When we don't consume it seems we are immune to all of the thoughts they sell
You know as well as I, that's a lie

'Cause I want to spend, I want to spend
In a never-ending story but it always ends
I want to spend, I want to spend
In a never-ending story but it always ends

And when I die, the angels will try to count all my belongings
To measure my worth, pure gold, solid dirt, to see if I'm worth keeping
But the house I rent and the car I drive, I'm sorry but they ain't mine
You know as well as I, that's no lie

'Cause I want to spend, I want to spend
In a never-ending story but it always ends
I want to spend, I want to spend
In a never-ending story but it always ends
And it always ends, and it always ends