Caveat Emptor

© 2017 Naomi Rivkis

Lyrics [pdf]

	Am
	Welcome to the shop, my friend

	Dm	Am
This	place where road meets	road

	Em7
The	purple highways have no end

	Am	Dm	Am
But	just beyond the shad	ows'	bend's

	Dm	Am
This	little shop that	I must tend

	Em7	Am
Where	dreams are bought and	sold

The crossroads hold the marketplace

As everybody's heard

Where you can go to barter for

The things for which your heart is sore

I've everything you want, and more:

I've just what you deserve.

My shop is open all night long; I sell the stuff of dreams

But nightmare waits for some ambitious buyer

If you would buy betrayal then I'll take your pay in screams

You've nothing else to sell that I desire.

Your voice is grim and hushed as you

Confess what sears your skin:

The poison rage you hide from view,

The lost respect that was your due --

I pass the tea, and smile on cue:

The bargaining begins.

You barely saw the wonders and

The splendor on my shelf

But clutched within your trembling hand

That charm of soul and silk and sand

Commands the hatreds of the damned --

For that, you'd sell yourself.

	Dm	D5	D	Am	G
My m	hop is open	all	night	long; I sell the stuff of	dreams

	Em	Am
But	nightmare waits for some ambitious	buyer

	Am	Em
If you would buy betrayal then I'll take your	pay in	screams

	Em7	G
You've	nothing else to	sell that I desire.

You stumble out, amazed and slow,

To my ironic bow

Your eyes shine with a wicked glow

But something in you quakes to know

You've paid for someone else's woe

And can't remember how.

I watch you make off with your prize,

Profoundly unimpressed.

My price is tailored, size for size,

But evil sells when evil buys

In peace, you'll never close your eyes

Nor find a wink of rest.

My shop is open all night long; I sell the stuff of dreams

But nightmare waits for some ambitious buyer

If you would buy betrayal then I'll take your pay in screams

You've nothing else to sell that I desire....

... If you shop for hellThen you'll pay in fire.