“And lawyers haven’t been this popular /
Since Robespierre slaughtered half of France“.

Lyrics

Sex Kills

Joni Mitchell

“I pulled up behind a Cadillac
We were waiting for the light
And I took a look at his license plate
And it said “Just Ice”.

Is justice just ice?
Governed by greed and lust.
Just the strong doing what they can.
And the weak suffering what they must.

And the gas leaks.
And the oil spills.
And sex sells everything.
And sex kills.

Doctors’ pills give you brand new ills.
And the bills bury you like an avalanche.
And lawyers haven’t been this popular
Since Robespierre slaughtered half of France.

And Indian chiefs with their old beliefs.
Know that the balance is undone.
Crazy ions, you can feel it out in traffic.
Everyone hates everyone.

And the gas leaks.
And the oil spills.
And sex sells everything.
And sex kills.
Oh, sex kills.

All these jack-offs at the office.
The rapist in the pool.
Oh, and the tragedies in the nurseries.
Little kids packing guns to school.

The ulcerated ozone.
These tumors of the skin.
It’s a hostile sun beating down now.
On the massive mess we’re in.

And the gas leaks.
And the oil spills.
And sex sells everything.
And sex kills.
Sex kills.

And sex kills
Sex kills
Sex kills”

Written by: Joni Mitchell

Album: Travelogue

Released: 2004