Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Tracy Chapman
Canonical path: /tracy-chapman/hard-wired
Related lyric paths: 6
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Hard Wired
Read Hard Wired lyrics by Tracy Chapman on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Hard Wired
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Your wants desires
Needs and wishes
Will be duly noted
Processed filed and cataloged
Labeled and encoded
Turned into sitcom dialog
And advertising slogans
We've got a box to put in your brain
Hard wired for downloading
All the secrets and the mysteries
You've been selfishly withholding
The dreams and hopes
That once were yours
Will now be collected and dispersed
So the first to come with cash to spend
Will be the first one served
We've got a box to put in your brain
Hard wired for downloading
All the secrets and the mysteries
You've been selfishly withholding
Make you think you like to be watched
Displayed on the auction block
Invaded in your own home
Stripped naked on the television
Humiliated in front of millions
We've got a box to put in your brain
Hard wired for downloading
All the secrets and the mysteries
You've been selfishly withholding
We've got a box to put in your brain
We've got a box to put in your brain
We've got a box to put in your brain
We've got a box to put in your brain
Your wants desires
Needs and wishes
Will be duly noted
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Tracy Chapman performs "Hard Wired", and this lyric page sits inside the Tracy Chapman catalog on LyroVerse.
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