"'Foreclosure of a Dream' relates to something that happened with my family back in Hartland [Minnesota]. The Foreclosure of a Dream can be for financial or spiritual reasons. More often than not it's financial. When that's the case, it has a lot to do with politics and bullshit of that nature. In this case it deals with losing a farm, but pretty much everyone in the country right now can relate to the crunch of the recession." (Ellefson, 1992)

"It's about what happened to my family under the Reagan administration. The government put my family, who were farmers in Minnesota, out of business." (Ellefson, 1992)

"The government dictates everything to us. What it can't get over on the black and Hispanic man, it gets over on the white. It's about Reaganomics and how it took advantage of the real nucleus of America — the farmers." (Mustaine, 1992, corrected for spelling)

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Foreclosure of a Dream

Megadeth, 1992

(Music, lyrics: Mustaine, Ellefson)

Rise so high, yet so far to fall.

A plan of dignity and balance for all.

Political breakthrough, euphoria's high.

More borrowed money, more borrowed time.

Backed in a corner, caught up in the race.

Means to an end ended in disgrace.

Perspective is lost in the spirit of the chase.

Foreclosure of a dream,

Those visions never seen,

Until all is lost,

Personal Holocaust,

Foreclosure of a dream.

Barren lands that once filled a need,

Are worthless now, dead without a deed.

Slipping away from an iron grip,

Nature's scales are forced to tip,

The heartland cries, loss of all pride.

To leave ain't believing, so try and be tried,

Insufficient funds, insanity, and suicide.

Solo - Mustaine

Now with new hope some will be proud.

This is no hoax, no one pushed out.

Receive a reprieve and be a pioneer.

Breaking new ground on a new frontier.

New ideas will surely get by.

No deed or dividend, some may ask "Why?"

You'll find the solution, the answers in the sky.

Solo - Friedman

Rise so high, yet so far to fall.

A plan of dignity and balance for all.

Political breakthrough, euphoria's high.

More borrowed money, more borrowed time.

Holocaust