This kitchen doesn't clean itself

from Songs From The Bottom Of A Hilltop - Uphill Side by Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga

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This Kitchen Doesn’t Clean Itself

This old kitchen doesn’t clean itself
but it sure knows how to blush
As I reach up to the dusty shelf
all the dirt reminds me of us

You were tender, you were tough.
A little desperate for love.
So roll it out and give it up -
your bed of nails and your wire brush

Steep are the valleys
And dark there the ways
And clinging the nettles and the vine
Steep are the valleys
And dark there the ways
A favour that pays you back in kind

It was over in a flash
All musket, rod and ash
First rowdy heat then sombre damp
These pots and pans remind me of you

This old kitchen doesn’t clean itself
But it sure knows how to fret
So I head into the world outside
To a place that knows no such regrets

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from Songs From The Bottom Of A Hilltop - Uphill Side, released November 13, 2010

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