The High Cost of Living (Single Edit)

She sits behind the window

Patiently waiting for the eye

Of every hungry passer-by

You simply have to have her

She will be perfect with those shoes

And you get paid on Monday too

I say she come a long way to get out here from where she came from

Embroidered by a nine year old in South Vietnam

Who can't afford a pair of shoes look how far she's come

To see you, there sitting in a shop window

What we want's

What we get

And everybody's happy now but let's not forget

The real price of

Splendid clothing

Golden Rings

Luxury and Sugar Free and all those lovely things

The high cost of

Living the life we love

I say he come a long way to get out here from where he came from

The journey of a soccer ball quietly began

Inside the hands of eight year olds in North Pakistan

To see you, there sitting in a shop window

What we want's

What we get

And everybody's happy now but let's not forget

The real price of

Splendid clothing

Golden Rings

Luxury and Sugar Free and all those lovely things

The high cost of

Living the life we love

She sits behind the window

And all the sweat and noise and tears

Seem like a million miles from here

What we want's

What we get

And everybody's happy now but let's not forget

The high cost of

Living the life we love.