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Little Raccoon

from Parakeetfishhead by Brian Cutean QTN

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QTN: guitar and voice
Robert Vignaud: upright bass
Scott Wade: drums
East Side Flash: dobro and electric piano

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LITTLE RACCOON
by Patty Peebles

I was distracted for a minute
for a minute I forgot
the world is sad and sorry
and could end soon like as not
but I'll blame it on that Crow
she flew across the sky
and took me with her
for a minute I knew how to fly

Well, it's kind of like when someone
when someone is taken up
in a spaceship when they're riding round
in their pickup truck
when they get back they just glow
and they're not sure what to say
they've been gone a hundred years
they think they only missed a day
ohhh, they only missed a day

So, I rose up in the sunlight
sunlight settled in my heart
the wind went rushing by my ears
and blew my mind apart
there was stillness in the motion
and it wasn't very long
before a light as feather feeling
filled me with this song

Way up above the trees
above the trees I'm looking down
I saw a Little Raccoon
she was walking on the ground
she cocked her little head
and met me with her eyes
she said "I'm walking on the ground
but still my spirit flies
ohhh, you know my spirit flies!"

Now I'm back out on the highway
on the highway breathing fumes
where there's broken shards of glass
among the ancient ruins
there's a look of mistrust
in the people passing by
but a light-as-feather feeling says
"joy cannot hide!"

You know, mama's like a marble
like a marble in the hand
of a mystery that's much too great
for me to understand
but a messenger flew like an arrow
straight across the sky
and took mewith her
for a minute I knew how to fly
ohhh, I knew how to fly

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from Parakeetfishhead, released June 21, 1999

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Brian Cutean QTN Oregon

Brian Cutean/QTN, Oregon songpoet and wordsmith musician, writes songs with offbeat and touching lyrical observations on the socialography of the human condition. He has performed with spirit and whimsy all over these United States for many years.

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