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WASH IT AWAY
.by Tom Flannery
copyright 2006

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Tell me how you you wipe the shame away
like a buried keepsake from another day
digging in the dirt with hands of a child
now looking in the mirror with eyes grown wild
wash it away
wash it away
go down to the river today
put your head in the water
and re-learn to pray
go down to the river
and wash it away

Growing eyes in the back of the head
20/20 vision is your daily bread
you can find the corner in a rounded room
or crawl back inside your mother's womb
wash it away
wash it away
go down to the river today
put your head in the water
and re-learn to pray
go down to the river
and wash it away

stained glass windows let in the light
but leave the rest blurred out of sight
first they say they will then say they might
and leave you in an unfair fight

Hear the children laugh through the front porch screen
watch the young girls blush and the young boys preen
it's the darkness of night that suffocates you
and makes you do things you don't want to do
wash it away
wash it away
go down to the river today
put your head in the water
and re-learn to pray
go down to the river
and wash it away

stained glass windows let in the light
but leave the rest blurred out of sight
first they say they will then say they might
and leave you in an unfair fight

Tell me how you you wipe the shame away
like a buried keepsake from another day
digging in the dirt with hands of a child
now looking in the mirror with eyes grown wild
wash it away
wash it away
go down to the river today
put your head in the water
and re-learn to pray
go down to the river
and wash it away