Lyric

Riding the Same Wind

Verse 1

When I was a kid

Our yard was full of chickens

Running loose all day

Ground was mostly

Chicken shit

That’s why sea urchin sushi

Took me half a lifetime

To even try

But don’t you go

Calling that dirty

That’s what built a body

That don’t bow to pollen

This world’s full of things

Too small to notice

Floating in the air

Shit dries

And rides the wind

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Chorus

Shit dries

And rides the wind

Old roads turn

The same old wind

You grow too clean

You grow too weak

So I keep walking

In the wind

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Verse 2

When I was a kid

If I got hungry

I’d pull a carrot

From the field

Wipe it on my sleeve

And bite

Little dirt on it

Never hurt

Minerals

Come with the soil

Don’t you go

Calling that dirty

That’s why I’m still

Kicking around

Scarlett O’Hara said

Tomorrow’s another day

Me

I just wipe the carrot

And eat

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Chorus

Shit dries

And rides the wind

Old roads turn

The same old wind

Too much polish

Makes a man soft

So I keep walking

In the wind

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Verse 3

Sometimes I still

Think about it

Those long days

Down by the river

Throwing rocks

Big as I could

Knocking loose

Pieces of the cliff

Don’t you call that savage

That’s half wild

Half high-style

Wrap a sharp scarf

Around my neck

Tonight

I’m heading downtown

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Final

Don’t worry

About pollen

This world’s made of

Dust

Wind

And a little manure too

Shit dries

And rides the wind

And tomorrow

Something else

Will ride it too