[Verse 1]
Cocaine and quiet beers
Sweet candy and caramel
Hide the pain and dry the tears
On a street called buy and sell

[Verse 2]
You know life turns like the endless stream
Death tolls like a vesper bell
Children laugh and lovers dream
On a street called buy and sell

[Bridge]
Ladies dress calico style
Beware of your hearts when they smile
And their men walk shamelessly aimlessly by
Cinders in the daytime
Junkyards in the sky
Buy and sell
Gonna sell my goods to buy my roof, my bed
My bed, my bed

[Verse 3]
Two pennies will buy me a rose
Three pennies and who can tell?
On a street that comes and goes
By the name of buy and sell
[Electric Piano Solo]

[Bridge]
Ladies dress calico style
Beware of your hearts when they smile
And their men walk shamelessly aimlessly by
Cinders in the daytime
Junkyards in the sky
Buy and sell
I'm gonna sell my goods to buy my roof, my bed
My roof, my bed

[Verse 3]
Two pennies will buy me a rose
Three pennies, who can tell?
On a street that comes and goes
By the name of buy and sell

[Outro]
I'm gonna sell my goods to buy my roof
My bed, my bed