“The ship is sinkingThe ship is sinkingThere's leak, there's a leak,in the boiler roomThe poor, the lame, the blindWho ore the ones that we kept inchargeKillers, thieves, and lawyersGod's Away, God's awayGod's away on Business”

Tom Waits

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