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The Brighter the Sun (The Blacker the Shade)

from YODELADY by Todd Hearon

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THE BRIGHTER THE SUN (THE BLACKER THE SHADE)

I had a goodtime little girl
I was sittin’ on the tiptop of the great big world
The brighter the sun, the blacker the shade
Money came, money went
Thus began the winter of our discontent
The brighter the sun, the blacker the shade

Please don’t wake me, don’t shake me up from sleep
I’m the only child of a dream
No, don’t spin me around, don’t you let me down
I’d rather be a clown than to be a fool

I had a goodtime little girl
I was sittin’ on the tiptop of the great big world
The brighter the sun, the blacker the shade
God only knows that’s how it goes
Just when you were thinking that you had it made
The brighter the sun, the blacker the shade

The brighter the sun, the blacker the shade

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from YODELADY, released August 5, 2023

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Todd Hearon Exeter, New Hampshire

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, and raised in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, Todd Hearon is a poet, author and songwriter living in Exeter, New Hampshire. His two studio albums are YODELADY (2023) AND BORDER RADIO (2021); he's also the author of three volumes of poems, a number of plays and essays, and a novella.

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