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These Hands are as Clean as the Dirt

from Pall Mall Reds by Brian Huntress

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Hiding under all that man.
Is a scared, sulking boy.
Mal adjusted to standards
You were given.

I once went for a prayer.
The room gathered hands
& the man next to me
Looked disgusted.

He looked down at me.
All painted & dirty
His hands were too clean
For my palms.

And that circle met an end
A gap forming at the top
Unity destroyed
And man came to be humbled.

Oh if all had to pint to warm us
Then maybe we wouldn't need God
And if your Lord only answers to clean hands
Than I'd say your savior's a fraud.

& one cloudy day
In the center of the suburbs.
I was tripping out On a box
Of dextromethorphin.

I was laying on a loading dock
Behind the printing shop
And I herd those
church bells a ringing.

So i stumbled to church
Drank the blood of christ
And God damn I thought
I had found God

And as evil as the man in
Conservative white robes
He said
He was happy to see me.

Oh if all had to pint to warm us
Then maybe we wouldn't need God
And if your Lord only answers to clean hands
Than I'd say your savior's a fraud.

Oh if we all had a pint to warm us
Then maybe my gut wouldn't hurt
And if you lord only answers to clean hands
Then these hands are as clean as the dirt.

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from Pall Mall Reds, released February 27, 2017

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Brian Huntress Rockland, Massachusetts

I am a painter, a writer, and a touring musician. Follow me on instagram to keep up with all of the debauchery.

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