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15. Joni Mitchell sang about this in Sex Kills from Turbulent Indigo way back in 1994.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:52 AM
Yesterday

I pulled up behind a Cadillac
We were waiting for the light
I took a look at his license plate
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

Oh, and the gas leaks
And the oil spills
And sex sells everything
Sex kills
Oh, 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 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
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
This hostile sun beating down
On the massive mess we're in

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

Sex kills
Sex kills
Oh, sex kills
Sex kills

Context: https://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=971

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Mike Luckovich nailed it. Again. [View all] highplainsdem Thursday OP
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True. TomSlick Thursday #11
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is not a Prince. malthaussen Thursday #12
Where I grew up, being " a real prince" has a different meaning. MLWR Thursday #13
It didn't protect Princess Anne Farmer-Rick Yesterday #17
Joni Mitchell sang about this in Sex Kills from Turbulent Indigo way back in 1994. eggplant Yesterday #15
Wow! So great! qanda 22 hrs ago #18
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