Every Day a Shiny Bright New Day
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Every Day a Shiny Bright New Day

A2ElementaryNovember 13, 20261 min
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Sentence 3 of 12 · 0:05

It's good not to drink.

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and it's good not to think.

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A2 · Elementary

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Every day a shiny bright new day. It's good not to drink. It's good not to piss in the sink, and it's good not to think.

0:09

The clarion ring of a glass clinking with ice, good to hear it fade into a past you can't sing. Your dumb blues is over. Admit it was always borrowed.

0:23

You paid no dues, you did no time, but the time spent sodden. What you thought, I think. Your higher powers drunk. God's the biggest elk-ee in the sky. The clouds are whiskey sours passing by.

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