Sweep under the rug Sweep under the rug Sweep away your worries Your thoughts and your prayers Your desires and your cares ’Til they’re gone

Sweep under the rug Sweep under the rug Sweep away the weight of the ocean Your petty misfortune And every new dawn

Don’t tell the tide Not to let go Don’t tell the hurricane butterfly zephyr Which way it should blow Don’t tell the moon It’s not real light Don’t tell the preening miraculous sun It’ll never feel night

Sweep under the rug Sweep under the rug Sweep away your pity and guilt With the mud and the silt Of the things that you’ve done

Sweep under the rug Sweep under the rug Sweep away the lies that you told Bills of goods that you sold Just to say, say that you’d won

Don’t tell the tide Not to let go Don’t tell the hurricane butterfly zephyr Which way it should blow Don’t tell the moon It’s not real light Don’t tell the preening miraculous sun It’ll never feel night

Gonna charge by the word Gonna charge by the note Gonna charge by the minute Each moment we wrote Gonna charge by the word Gonna charge by the note Gonna charge by the minute And that’s all that she wrote

Don’t tell the tide Not to let go Don’t tell the hurricane butterfly zephyr Which way it should blow Don’t tell the moon It don’t know how to shine Don’t tell the dog star in all of its kindness That you will be fine