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Sugar and Salt

(Brian Hendrix)

I was watching some poker game on TV and the announcer said "That's like sugar and salt," but I think he meant to say bitter-sweet or sweet and sour, or something in that vein. I'm not sure "sugar and salt" is an actual saying. But it did strike me that it might make a good song, so I went ahead and wrote something with that as the theme.

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The moon was drawin' lines 'hind the purple of the clouds
Three days past rememberin' what we were arguing about
Her silhouette danced on the floor, backed by candlelight 
Singin' like a nightingale and glidin' like a sprite 
Came and kissed me like a star shines, breath upon my skin
As she recalled what I forgot, and now we're arguing again 

(Chorus) 
A hot coal in a freezin' lake 
A soft touch and a sting 
Parts of her that taste so sweet
And some make me need to drink 
I love to love her, but tough to touch her
When she opens up that vault...
Then it closes up and she'll say sorry for it all
But still contend that it's all my fault... 
That's my sugar and salt 

Some days the world's on pause, the clock's hands don't exist
Moves me like the wind moves trees and she's so hard to resist
The chill comes, the petals wilt, and the winter brings the snow 
I hunker down in memories, recallin' times it wasn't cold 
'Round we go like voices thrown in a canyon that come back 
Some roads curve, others don't, but you steer to keep on track

(Chorus)

© Brian Hendrix 2022

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