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Because the ocean is selling thirst.

Because the sun is selling cancer.

Because the moon is selling America.

Because the university is selling debt.

Because the sex shop is selling Disney.

Because the street is selling sleep.

Because the president is selling faith.

Because the frame shop is selling guns.

Because the juice bar is selling hash.

Because the bar is selling cocaine.

Because the theater is selling tears.

Because the gallery is selling revolution.

Because record is selling the past.

Because the cigarette is selling slavery.

Because the razor is selling rabbits.

Because the mirror is selling light

Because the alcoholic is selling God.

Because the doctor is selling fear.

Because the lawyer is selling truth.

Because the landlord is selling nothing.

Because the psychiatrist is selling grief.

Because the divorcee is selling love.

Because the child is selling his parents.

Because the saint is selling vacation.

Because the poet is selling the spirit.

And the spirit is the woman.

And the woman is the music.

And the music is the magic

And the magic has been lost.

Because the cops are selling the beat

Because the beat is selling the bullets.

Because the bullets are selling blood.

Because the blood is selling the heart.

Because the heart is wrapped in skin.

Because the skin is selling a gift.

Because that gift was taken.

Because that gift was life.

Because the beat is selling time.

It never stops.

It never stops

It never stops.