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Clean Up Man (Ode to Pete Seeger)

from Sometime a Spark by Marc Black

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Pete could not walk within ten feet of a gum wrapper without goin' to get and clean it up. It was his religion.

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Clean Up Man (Ode to Pete Seeger)
words and music by Marc Black

some folks chant all day long
put love and peace right into their song
others put their hands together, pray for sunny weather
ask the lord what's right and wrong

but somehow none of that appealed to me
i just deal with what i see
see a mess i clean it up
pick it up and wish the world good luck

CHORUS:
I pick up the litter
I ain't no quitter
glad to bend down
touch solid ground

I pick up the litter
I ain't no quitter
put my hands in the squishy mud
sacred
feel like love

some folks wanna change the government
make it more fair and efficient
others talk on tv shows, smart? yup, they've come to know
what's comin' and what's gotta go

but somehow none of that appealed to me
i just deal with what i see
see a mess i clean it up
pick it up and wish the world good luck

CHORUS:
I pick up the litter
I ain't no quitter
glad to bend down
touch solid ground

I pick up the litter
I ain't no quitter
put my hands in the squishy mud
sacred
feel like love

treat this world
like a beautiful girl
sparkle shine
she is mine
i am hers
and proud to be
and proud to say
she belongs to me

some folks dance all day long
put their bodies right into their song
others put their hands together, pray for sunny weather
ask the lord what's right and wrong

but somehow none of that appealed to me
i just deal with what i see
see a mess i clean it up
pick it up and wish the world good luck

CHORUS:
I pick up the litter
I ain't no quitter
glad to bend down
touch solid ground

I pick up the litter
I ain't no quitter
put my hands in the squishy mud
sacred
feel like love
feel like love
feel like love

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from Sometime a Spark, released March 2, 2021

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Marc Black Katonah, New York

Marc plays a finger style blues in the traditions of Mississippi Hurt and the great Tim Hardin. Right up to Covid, he was a proud road warrior, inducted into the New York Chapter of the Blues Hall of Fame in June of 2014. As WFUV DJ, John Platt wrote about Marc. "We need to hear his songs now more than ever." ... more

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