Did you give it away?
Did you give it away, for free?
Don't you give it away,
Let's try to keep it in the family.
I know you know desolation
Coming home with your pockets full of sand.
I know it's no vacation
Now you're plowing your tiny patch of land.
In the nation under your command.

Did you give it away?
Yeah, I gave it away
Did you give it away, for free?
What would you have us pay
I didn't know that your love was a commodity
What about appreciation?
That depends on your depth and density.
What about inflation?
Charts and graphs don't mean nothing to me
In your nation with its worthless currency.

Won't you give it away, give it away for free
Won't you give it away, give it away to me
Won't you give it away, give it away for free
Won't you give it away, give it away to me

Would you hide in the hay?
Would you hide in the hay, with me?
If you hide in hay
Where it's dark and you can scarcely breathe or see

Or should asphyxiation
Where the foxes and field mice make their dens
Death by association,
I swore I'd never take anyone there again
To this nation
A nation under your command
This nation
A nation under your command
This nation
Nation under your command