Written by Andrew Bird
G D Did you give it away G D Em Did you give it away for free D Em Don't you give it away D Let's try to keep it in the family Em G I know you know desolation Em G D Em Coming home with your pockets full of sand G I know it's no vacation Em G D C Now you're plowing your tiny patch of land C D G In a nation under your command G D Did you give it away (Yeah I gave it away) G D Em Did you give it away for free Em D What would you have us pay? D Em I didn't know that your love was a commodity Em G What about appreciation Em G D Em That depends on your depth and density Em G What about inflation Em G D C Your charts and graphs don't mean a thing to me C D G In your nation with its worthless currency G D Would you hide in the hay G D Em Would you hide in the hay with me Em D Won't you hide in the hay Em D Where it's dark and we can scarcely breathe or see Em G Assured asphyxiation Em G D Em Where the foxes and field mice make their dens Em G Death by association Em G D C I swore I'd never take anyone there again C To this nation C D G A nation under your command