Burn a debt, the bank will take my car
No payments made, they'll repossess
They'll go on searchin' my assets through
And never find more than a buck or two

And from my credit scores, I see laughter in MasterCard's eyes
And I'm well aware default's on their minds
They pretend to be my friend, when all the time
They long to be tak-ing my last dime
They'll take my house and all I own
For three late payments on a loan

Burn a debt, I want to destroy all these credit cards
But, learn, regret, I need them because I've no cash to live
But cannot buy, un-less I swipe you
I have to run that lit-tle black stripe through
But how can I get solvent, burn a debt,
When I cannot control myself; habits set?
From wanting things, needing things
Big TV, you belong to me!

I'll tell the store: can't go wrong, TV
I'll tell the store: payments long, TV
I'll tell the store: take a part of me

In your drone I find the kind of passive mind
That I've been searching for
TV, you give me the sleaze this brain of mine
Has always been longing for

In "things" I have what everyone longs for
Self-esteem, respect: a substitute therefor
That's why I treasure junk and spend my life in debt
For the only joy in life is stuff you get
So, whatever you do, MasterCard, keep on dunning me
Spurn a debt? Keep on billing me
Churn and sweat!