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Sweep Me Up, Fletcher

from Escape From Nice Island by Fletcher Coulee

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Do you believe in ghosts, I never thought I would
But then again I didn't believe in love
Something or one stands your hair on-end
Just passing through until they've had enough
Now here I am in this old basement,
shaking a tune from this guitar
heartbroken lonesome cold and wasted
sending all my blues to where you are

Sweep me up, Fletcher Coulee
Sweep me up into the sky
Or put me in the garbage can I just wanna die
Cuz the red-brained woman of my dreams got me walking the floor
So sweep me up ol Fletcher, just as long as I ain't here no more

They say you swept the halls, a gray custodian,
now you're pushing buttons like you pushed your broom
What did those children do, or what'd you do them,
to be circled in those yearbooks in your room
Telling me secrets through the silence
Sending me outside without boots
Making my escape from nice island
Maybe all of you were in cahoots

I don't remember when I saw my spirit leave,
out of all them sighs how could there be just one
Did I meet your ghost or just my memories
haunting me with how happy I was
Don't we all hurt the ones who love us
To see how far their hearts will go
To beg the ones who leave us in dust
To say something when they don't know?

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from Escape From Nice Island, released May 7, 2021

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Fletcher Coulee Minneapolis, Minnesota

Banished to the land of wind and ghosts, Fletcher Coulee spent 2020 holed up in the hull of a ship wrecked by stupidity and prejudice. Voices came from behind closed doors, even light had to knock. After a year, they emerged with long gray hair and a button on their face that said, "PLAY." Everybody had lost so much. No one asked them to, but Fletcher went looking anyway. ... more

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