shopping by myself

I've been thinking 'bout the prices
of the items on the shelf
been shopping by myself again

and I've been dwelling on the faces
of the people on the news
baby got some metal in her birthday suit

now I'm forgetting to be grateful
for a basement full of bones
that fills to keep the closets empty in our homes

I've been sleeping on a needle
wake up facing east
spend the morning counting sheep
counting sheep

we're running out of ways to say we're sorry now
we're running up the bill in everybody's town
the cowboy counts to ten
and then
he hits the ground
another sunset on another native range
and morning’s belly-up again

so I've been thinking 'bout the prices
of the items on the shelf
been shopping by myself again

and I've been dwelling on the faces
of the people on the news
baby got some metal in her birthday suit