When Sex Was Dirty Lyrics - Call It What It Is - Ben Harper

To all the sons and daughters 

of the boulevard 

who learned to go without sleep 

and to hide all the scars 

who believed in the vagrant 

on hollywood and vine 

when he said a mile of gold 

won't buy you an inch of time 

I remember when sex was dirty 

and the air was clean 

and everything worth knowing 

was in a magazine 

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We made everything we have 

out of nothing at all 

way back when marijuana 

was against the law 

we were always outnumbered 

we were always outmanned 

went down a road of ruin 

but here we stand 

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I remember when sex was dirty 

and the air was clean 

and everything worth knowing 

was in a magazine