Squeaky Clean

by Stephen Leigh

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This is a one-pass recording, playing guitar and singing into an AKG 420 mic, with a second track of noodling added afterward. In other words, this is a demo track. This is also the 'clean' version; live, depending on the audience, I'll add a "F*** No" at the end of first line of the third verse. It's a silly song about growing old and abandoning the vices of youth, but I hope you enjoy the sentiment....

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We don't smoke no ganja, we don't snort cocaine
We don't swallow LSD or shoot junk into our veins
We don't deal with lines and pills and hypodermic needles
We gave it all up just last week though now we're feeling feeble

CHORUS
But we're clean, we’re squeaky clean
We’re cool as liquid nitrogen, we’re slick as Vaseline
Oh yes, we're clean, squeaky clean
Our bodies could be frescoes painted on the Coliseum

We threw away our cigarettes; we won't touch a steak
Our Mr. Coffee's out the door since caffeine makes us shake
No sugar in our soft drinks, on salt we'll always pass
We don't drink tap water; the fluoride gives us gas

CHORUS

We don't fight, we don't smoke, we don't drink or cuss (f--- no)
Our parties they seem awful tame 'cause it’s usually just us
We substitute the things we did with good wine and fine cheeses
When we're afraid to still have sex 'cause we might catch diseases

CHORUS, then
Clean, squeaky clean
Clean, squeaky clean

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released April 12, 2023
Steve Leigh: guitar and vocal. Cover photo by Megen Leigh

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Stephen Leigh Cincinnati, Ohio

I've been playing music since the late 1960's (damn, I'm OLD!) in various groups in and around the Greater Cincinnati area. I'm a vocalist who plays guitar and bass (we'll skip the time I fronted a wedding band as the singer).

Gear: Eastman E10D, Eastman E20D, Eastman E6D-TC Ltd, Roscoe 5-string LG3005 bass, (fretless)

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