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Clean Blue Flame

from Things Are Looking Up by Queen Esther

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Music and lyrics by Lenny Molotov

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I burned the midnight oil according to Hoyle
I played the game naively sincere
With butchers and with bakers and candlestick makers
But I was only grinding my gears
But every drop of passion brought up from below
Left me ashen faced in front of the mirror

But when you came a-knockin' and we starting talkin'
I knew that I was in for a change
The way that you were looking started me cooking
and simmering at home on my range
And kicking off our sandals then we struck a match
To a candle making fire so strange

Such a clean blue flame
No smoke or ashes remain
Fiery flowers bloom
From branches never consumed
Lover, now I've learned to burn without being burned
I esteem you, my ever true
Clean blue flame

Now Moses was a shepard guardin' 'gainst leopards
Lions and hyenas and bears
He caught a lamb that rambled and came to a bramble
And saw a holy flickering there
I understand the fable because in your eyes
Across the table, there's a similar flare

Such a clean blue flame
No smoke or ashes remain
Fiery flowers bloom
From branches never consumed
Lover, now I've learned to burn without being burned
I esteem you, my ever true
Clean blue flame

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from Things Are Looking Up, released April 9, 2024
Queen Esther, vocals
Jeremy Bacon, piano
Hilliard Green, double bass
Jeff McLaughlin, electric guitar
Warren Smith, drums

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Queen Esther is a performance artist, solo performer, actor, songwriter, lyricist, topliner, vocalist, producer, musician and storyteller.

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