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[Intro] Good evening. Paddles visible, please. All sales are final. [Verse 1] Lot eleven Diamond cuff No certificate Lot twelve Hotel key Room erased from the register Lot thirteen One red glove Still smells like her perfume No provenance No questions We begin at twenty-two Twenty-five Thirty Thirty-five Sold [Instrumental Space] [Pre-Chorus - alternating voices] Raise the paddle Lower your standards Raise the paddle I already did [Chorus - Both Male & Female, restrained chant] No reserve No return Name your price Wait your turn No reserve No receipt If you want it Bid discreet No reserve Sold as seen [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] Lot twenty-one A silver phone Battery removed Lot twenty-two Three handwritten pages Unsigned Lot twenty-three A voice recording Seven seconds long Play it That is not included Then why is it expensive? Because you asked Fair enough [Instrumental Space] [Pre-Chorus] Raise the paddle Make it interesting Forty-five Fifty Fifty-five Don’t be vulgar... Sixty [Chorus] No reserve No return Name your price Wait your turn No reserve No receipt If you want it Bid discreet No reserve Sold as seen [Instrumental Break] [Bridge - nearly dry voices] Lot thirty-one Sealed envelope Contents unknown Starting bid: one hundred thousand Who owned it? That information has been removed Is it important? Apparently Two hundred Sold [Drop Return - clean brutal low-end re-entry] [Final Chorus - wider, still restrained] No reserve No return Take it home Let it burn No reserve No guarantees You bought the object Not the history No reserve Sold as seen [Final Instrumental] [Outro] Please collect your purchases before leaving. Unclaimed items will be auctioned again. Naturally.