[Verse 1] When the market wants gold higher than your fixed price You can't just buy more, that won't roll the dice If the pressure builds up and the gold wants to flee You need to sell gold to defend what you see But selling gets harder when reserves run thin That's when the real trouble begins [Chorus] You can't buy your way out of this mess When sellers won't sell, you're under duress Three choices remain when the system breaks down Revalue the price or your economy drowns Or cut off convertibility That's your reality [Verse 2] Picture a dam with water rising high Buying more sandbags won't keep it dry You need to release pressure or strengthen the wall Or watch the whole system completely fall When gold flows away and won't come back home Your fixed price stands all alone [Chorus] You can't buy your way out of this mess When sellers won't sell, you're under duress Three choices remain when the system breaks down Revalue the price or your economy drowns Or cut off convertibility That's your reality [Bridge] Austerity's harsh, surpluses hurt Tightening policy makes things worse first Change the gold price, admit you were wrong Or break the link, that's Nixon's song Seventy-three was the year it all changed The golden chains were rearranged [Chorus] You can't buy your way out of this mess When sellers won't sell, you're under duress Three choices remain when the system breaks down Revalue the price or your economy drowns Or cut off convertibility That's your reality [Outro] More gold won't save you When the market's against you Face the hard choices Listen to those voices
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