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Sweeter, Cleaner, Greener

from Dirty Calendar by Noel Shiri

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He carried his weight
As he walked out the gate
With a cheekbone just starting to bruise

And when he returned
He was covered in burns
And just conscious enough to refuse

He said
Brother, I've taken these eyes on vacation
And I've seen things all the way through
The air is much sweeter
The grass is much greener
And we can drink its morning dew
Oooh

Both feet on the floor
Through a mouthful of porridge
And daring someone to protest

She threw down the bowl
And then stepped on the pieces
And said, you ain't seen nothing yet

She said
Mother, your taste has been charred up and wasted
The dogs couldn't sniff their way through
If you wanna feel cleaner
I'll take you to meet her
Come back with our fingertips blue
Oooh

Oh, hither and yon
Went the dusk and the dawn
When they mentioned the place that they'd been

For no one could sleep
With a heart full of heat
From the strange sort of things that they'd said

They said
Father, I've grown up all wrong, to be honest
The beautiful way that kids do
And while you did raise me
The deep one has changed me
And now that I'm back, you'll change too
Oooh
Oooooh

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from Dirty Calendar, released August 31, 2020

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Noel Shiri Saint Paul, Minnesota

Composer and sound engineer for the critically acclaimed 'Dames and Dragons' podcast as well as an all around stinker.

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