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Rachel Lark

Rachel Lark is an Oakland-based folk punk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Known for her sex-positive songs and activism, she has been regularly featured on Savage Love with Dan Savage. more »

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No one did the dishes
It's been a week, that's disgraceful
The faucet was dripping
That's terribly wasteful
There's coffee mugs sticky with liquor and wine
And it's likely the plant in the bathroom has died
I'm ashamed of the state of our house, that's no lie
But I'm also ashamed of the ways that I try
To act like a grown up, when clearly I'm not
So for now I'll give up and just smoke some more pot
And say

Bless this mess that we live in
Oh, bless this mess that we live in
All this shit we don't fix, 'cause we're still 26
And the age when we call ourselves grown ups just keeps getting older and older,
Older and older

There's clusters of rainbows
From the prism in the window
On the gold sheets on the futon
And the bunny-shaped pillow
And the plants that aren't dead yet
And that table we like
And the bong that's not broken
And our LED lights
And I gotta say I'm proud
When I bask in the echoes
Of laughter and good points
And people who let go
And exquisite taste and a vibe that's sublime
But sometimes I worry we're wasting our time

But bless this mess that we live in
Oh, bless this mess that we live in
I just don't wanna clean
And I'm not in my teens
But the age when we call ourselves grown ups just keeps getting older and older,
Older and older

Well I'm scared and inspired and crazy and tired
And the clock just keeps ticking and the arrows keep missing
And I'm worried I'll waste everything I've been given
And someone will find out and tell me it's time to get older and older,
Older and older

But now I've cleaned up
And the apartment is back
And I even unloaded the dish drying rack
And today I'll make spreadsheets
And I'll pay all my bills
And I'll buy a new toothbrush and vitamin pills
And everyone will see, I'm together as can be
And I'll laugh off my worries, compassionately
But I'm still never sure if I'm doing it right
So for now I'll give up and just do drugs all night

And say bless this mess that we live in
Oh, bless this mess that we live in
All this shit we don't fix 'cause we're....
Not 26 anymore but
The age when we call ourselves grown ups just keeps getting older
Just keeps getting older
Just keeps getting older and older

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