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Sweepin' Up

from Middle World by Laurie Sarkadi

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A haunting dirge featuring Canadian keys maestro Mark Lalama on accordion.

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What you sweepin' up all the time
Find a nickel spend a dime
Are you trying to sweep the world's worries away
Keep the crumbs and the scum at bay

Sweep up disaster
Sweep up hate
Then you can sweep up the bastard
Who locked that gate
But you might sweep up serendipity
You might sweep up fate
You could be sweepin' for a very long time

I said speaking of sweepin'
I said speaking of sweepin'
I'm gonna let that broom go
For awhile

So proud and sure of your noble cause
Sweepin' up them intransigent flaws
But what would happen if you looked the other way
With your eyes wide open to the brighter side of day

Well you'd be looking at sunshine
Looking at clouds
Everything so big and quiet
Your breath seems loud and
All that crumbles at your feet
Stumbles and trips while you breathe deep

I said speaking of sweepin'
I said speaking of sweepin'
I'm gonna let that broom go
For awhile

Let go that broom let go that guilt
In that shiny claustrophobic house you've built
Let go look up exhale step out
Or you'll be sweepin' all the time

I said speaking of sweepin'
I said speaking of sweepin'
I'm gonna let that broom go
For awhile

Tilt your head back loose
Let the stars outshine the abuse
Give your head a shake
Make your heart some room
Or you'll be sweepin' all the time

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from Middle World, released May 29, 2020
Laurie Sarkadi vocals
Marc Ganetakos guitar
Mark Lalama accordion
Ian De Souza bass
Richard Allen Brown drums

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Laurie Sarkadi Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Smokey and dangerous acid-folk, sweet’n salty old-tyme country, funk-fused blues-rock, Yellowknife singer-songer Laurie Sarkadi’s genre-bending songs tell stories about place, politics and desire that aim to make you think and sway. Her debut album is designed to be a companion to her northern bestselling memoir Voice in the Wild. lauriesarkadi.com ... more

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