2.99 Cent Blues Lyrics

Lyric discussion by spotless_mind 

Cover art for 2.99 Cent Blues lyrics by Regina Spektor

I think this song is about materialism.

She mentions things like water and stories and soldiers all having pricetags on them. Things that we need or create. Things that should be free to us are all sold for profit.

So anyways, maybe I'm wrong, but I just think its about how wrong that is.