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Clean Living

from If​.​.​. by David Heatley

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We meet again
We meet in expectation and our hearts
Are flying
They call it sin
They say it's wrong we're drawn together but there's
No denying

Oh baby
I may be opened up too wide

But I don't want to defend myself
I don't want to go and be with somebody else
They say I have to find love in some other way
Clean living for the rest of my days

Well I tried to understand the divine
But I only wound up losing my mind
Now I don't want to see the light and have to embrace
Clean living for the rest of my days

I'd rather be
Pursuing your pursuit of me
Full of doubt
Our bodies tangled
I'll never need
Their exhortations to feel free
They're not smoothing out
All my angles

They may be
afraid we'll pull them to our side

But we don't want to defend ourselves
We don't want to go and be with somebody else
We don't want to find love in some other way
Clean living for the rest of our days

We got no use for the divine
Cause we're navigating our lives just fine
They can pray all they want, we don't have to behave
Just keep living for the rest of our days
Bridge
This is our time
We might be circling the drain
If it's hell, fine
I want you all the same
You pick your torture, commit to it
Ignore the words of the hypocrites
Agony and ecstasy
That's real life!

Oh baby
I need to see your crazy smile

I don't want to defend myself
I don't want to go and be with somebody else
I don't want to find love in some other way
Clean living for the rest of my days

If I try to understand the Divine
I'll only end up losing my mind
They can pray all they want, I don't need to behave
Keep living for the rest of my days

This is our time
This is our time
This is our time

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from If​.​.​., released March 24, 2023
David Heatley - lead vocals
Lilli Lewis - BG vox
Bryan Webre - bass, electric guitar
Sam Kuslan - piano
Jimbo Walsh - string arrangement
Dragos Filip - cello

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David Heatley New York, New York

DAVID HEATLEY is a musician, cartoonist and animation director living in Queens, NY. Over several decades, he has recorded 5 albums and 7 EPs as a solo artist and as part of the bands Velvet Cactus Society and The Bischoffs. His animation production company Dream Puppy, Inc was launched in 2021. A TV show based on his 2019 graphic memoir "Qualification" is currently in production. ... more

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