Lyrics
Eleanora, your spider plant's got three new kids now
Hanging in the kitchen where the paint is peeling down
I use the water from the kettle, just the way you showed me how
Every Sunday morning since that rain in late July
[Chorus]
And I'm keeping your green things alive (alive, alive)
But I'm mad that they're the ones that got to survive (got to survive)
This house is full of your ghosts and I don't know why
I'm still keeping your green things alive (alive, alive)
[Verse 2]
Your house key's still chewing a hole in my pocket lining
Next to the one for this clavinet I keep hiding
'A little water's all it needs,' you'd say without even trying
The dust on these leaves smells like your menthol and cheap wine
[Chorus]
And I'm keeping your green things alive (alive, alive)
But I'm mad that they're the ones that got to survive (got to survive)
This house is full of your ghosts and I don't know why
I'm still keeping your green things alive (alive, alive)
[Bridge]
Did you think about the roots? How they'd bust up through the clay?
Did you think about me here, having to find the words to say
When my little brother asks if you're coming back someday?
[Outro]
Yeah, I'm keeping 'em alive (alive, alive)
Don't know why (don't know why)
About Stevie Wunder
Stevie Wunder was raised as the de facto parent to his six younger siblings in a small house on Detroit's East Side. He taught himself to play a beat-up clavinet in the hours after everyone else was asleep, turning the weight of familial responsibility into a sound steeped in Motown-funk and soulful resilience. His music is for anyone who's ever been the 'responsible one,' a joyful noise from the…
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