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Naughty Heart Clean

from facts n figurines by Grey Anne

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Lest the refrain of this song, "naughty heart, clean heart" sound childish, I guess it is. It comes from the title of a religious children's book that depicts a shriveled raisin-like heart for "bad" children, and claims that God runs something like a needle exchange. You turn in your dirty shrivelled black heart, repent, and he gives you a shiny red new one. There's something demented about the idea that mistakes tarnish you, and make you "damaged goods." Mistakes are universal, and they're nothing to be so ashamed of.

This song is about finally shrugging, saying "fuggit," and stopping punishing myself for the times I've not been perfect. And battling the child inside me who was taught otherwise.

Also, this is my only homage to doo-wop. :)

lyrics

I no longer know you,
nor do I know myself,
and I'm tired of assessing the state of my own mental health.

There's the time in the car,
and the day on the lake,
I can take inventory of each time I've made a mistake.

Heart...
and soul...
long...
to be free...
I'm much...
too old...
to start being me....

but I no longer owe you,
nor do I owe myself
for the times that I've failed;
had I not, I'd be somebody else.

So I'll sing in the car,
and I'll jump in the lake,
I will wake in the morning contented that I am awake.

Heart...
and soul...
it's time...
to be free...
Part...
of whole...
is all...
I can be.

(refrain)

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from facts n figurines, released November 24, 2008
Written and performed by Anne Adams. Augmented and recorded by Levi Cecil.

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Grey Anne Portland, Oregon

Originally hailing from Anacortes, WA, Anne Adams has been a mainstay of Portland music since 2003, playing under the monikers "Per Se" and "Grey Anne," and collaborating in electronica duo "Sweater." A trailblazer of the earnest, theatrical folk era that followed ironic indie rock, she's more recently expanded her endeavors to include work on the film Coraline, dinosaur tarot and arts journalism. ... more

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