Under the Rug

2 weeks ago by @jonathanfuller

Liner Notes

Half of the songs these days seem to be very specifically lyric driven, and half of them are of the 'find words that sit on the line of best fit' variety. This one is the latter. #piano #acoustic #singersongwriter

Lyrics

Sweep under the rug
Sweep under the rug
Sweep away your worries
Your thoughts and your prayers
Your desires and your cares
’Til they’re gone

Sweep under the rug
Sweep under the rug
Sweep away the weight of the ocean
Your petty misfortune
And every new dawn

Don’t tell the tide
Not to let go
Don’t tell the hurricane butterfly zephyr
Which way it should blow
Don’t tell the moon
It’s not real light
Don’t tell the preening miraculous sun
It’ll never feel night

Sweep under the rug
Sweep under the rug
Sweep away your pity and guilt
With the mud and the silt
Of the things that you’ve done

Sweep under the rug
Sweep under the rug
Sweep away the lies that you told
Bills of goods that you sold
Just to say, say that you’d won

Don’t tell the tide
Not to let go
Don’t tell the hurricane butterfly zephyr
Which way it should blow
Don’t tell the moon
It’s not real light
Don’t tell the preening miraculous sun
It’ll never feel night

Gonna charge by the word
Gonna charge by the note
Gonna charge by the minute
Each moment we wrote
Gonna charge by the word
Gonna charge by the note
Gonna charge by the minute
And that’s all that she wrote

Don’t tell the tide
Not to let go
Don’t tell the hurricane butterfly zephyr
Which way it should blow
Don’t tell the moon
It don’t know how to shine
Don’t tell the dog star in all of its kindness
That you will be fine

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