Lyrics
Verse 1
Empty
Paper bags
The register is clicking fast
Cabbage costs a copper mint
Check the bank
The balance is a ghost
Bitter bread and butter
Stale
Everything is up for sale
I can't afford the avocado
Yellow labels
Looking for a snack
Scanning for the price to drop
But it never goes back
Chorus
We didn't hike the prices
But we feel the burning
While the world is turning
We didn't hike the prices
No we didn't start it
But we're broken hearted
We didn't hike the prices
Verse 2
Eggs
Cracked
Twelve bucks for a carton stack
Gas is up
Milk is down the drain
Limes are gone
Where is the exotic fruit
I need a kumquat
Right now
Show me how
A single tiny citrus rind
Hard to find
I'm losing my mind
In the produce aisle
Searching for a mile
Aisle four
Aisle five
Barely staying alive
No kumquats left for me
Chorus
We didn't hike the prices
But we feel the burning
While the world is turning
We didn't hike the prices
No we didn't start it
But we're broken hearted
We didn't hike the prices
Bridge
Interest rates
Empty plates
Rent is late
Close the gate
Cereal is ten percent
Of the money for the rent
I just want a little treat
Something sour
Something sweet
But the shelf is dusty
And the fruit is musty
Where did all the kumquats go
Tell me what I need to know
Chorus
We didn't hike the prices
But we feel the burning
While the world is turning
We didn't hike the prices
No we didn't start it
But we're broken hearted
We didn't hike the prices
Post-Chorus
Kumquats
Prices
Kumquats
Prices
Where did they go
Where did they go
Verse 3
Empty
Cart
Hurts my heart
Staring at the receipt
Total defeat
Total despair
Total lack of care
Frozen peas
Bag of cheese
Pay the fees
Down on my knees
Still no kumquats in the bin
Guess the inflation won again
Chorus
We didn't hike the prices
But we feel the burning
While the world is turning
We didn't hike the prices
No we didn't start it
But we're broken hearted
We didn't hike the prices
Outro
I just want one
Just one piece of fruit
Give me the kumquat
It's a crisis
Check the tag
Check the tag
It keeps going up
Up
Up
Up
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