Time To Get A Cleaner

from Onion Peel by Penniless Cove

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Time to get a cleaner

I cracked the egg onto the floor
Spilt milk into the sink
There’s a thousand things that I think
None of them are about cleaning

I killed the pet plant
Treading soil into the carpet
Terracotta splinters
Lucky we didn’t have a gold fish
But its

Time to get a cleaner
And it’s time to admit it
The things we have broken
We are not going to fix

I scratched the car
Backing into the driveway
Filled it in with a blue sharpie
It lasted
until the rain came

I broke the le creuset pan
Even though they say it’s indestructable
I'm sure it’s still in warrantee
But the receipts floating in
The drawer of no return and its

And it's
Time to get a cleaner
And it’s time to admit it
The things we have broken
We are not going to fix

We choose to walk on
Sticky floors
Peeling our heals and
To ignore
Piles of broken things
Behind closed doors

And it's
Time to get a cleaner
And it’s time to admit it
The things we have broken
We are not going to fix.

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from Onion Peel, track released February 21, 2020
Lyrics by Phoebe and Chloe Osborne
Music by Phoebe Osborne
Produced by Tom Fairbairn
Mastered by Simon Allen

Guitar/ vocals: Phoebe Osborne

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Penniless Cove London, UK

Welsh, London based Penniless Cove is a vocalist, multi instrumentalist and songwriter playing raw and fiery songs. Weaving visual metaphor with soulful vocals and booming piano melodies, her music takes you on a journey through every day awkwardness. She takes inspiration from Ibeyi, Joanna Newsome, Lianne Le Havas & Ivor Cutler, to bring you her own brand of gin-soaked tunes.

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