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    phlegm (brad hamers & slomoshun) - debut LP 2002 Three Sides Of A Circle (3SC)
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lyrics

windows

TIN CAN:
today has turned to ash again
i ash my cigar on my carpet
and i’m just a pet trapped inside your cage like heart shaped birds
with broken wings i broke my mind on the edge of your perfect smile
(blue)
brad:
if i was a room
i’d knock down my walls
for windows
to jump out of
myself

so i’ve been thinking about flying away
but just can’t seem to get my window open
i find it hard to say no to my hesitation
so i just sit and watch this lady walk her dog on a leash
and i think he knows i’ve been taking cigarettes from his ash tray
every night after he hangs his heart up with his robe
i smoke because i like the shadows it makes on my walls
and there’s a whole pack of kids out there
crying in their rooms right now
tired of being put out on the sidewalk
we are slowly burning cigarettes
losing little pieces of ourselves each day
our “ends” are filtered through fables
we’ve been pretending for centuries
smoke me until it burns your finger tips
there’s an ash tray that lies on its back sunbathing with no soap
in the corner of my porch
it’s like this burial ground for dead conversations
i once met this man who could blow out question marks
and i never understood what it meant
he said he smokes because he likes watching his breath float away
i’m a cloud trying to shape up and touch the ceiling
when it’s quiet i sit on my floor with an ash tray on my lap
and smoke the 2 drags left on each cigarette lying in their cemetery
eventually i can hear ignitions turning over
and cars starting…like people
preparing themselves for another day
and i want to leave, float through my window
and fly away


if i was a room
i’d knock down my walls
for windows
to jump out of
myself

TIN CAN:
today has turned to ash again
i ash my cigar on my carpet
and i’m just a pet trapped inside your cage like heart shaped birds
with broken wings i broke my mind on the edge of your perfect smile

credits

from phlegm - one night stands with out of tune instruments in a room with blue wallpaper, released March 5, 2002
lyrics & vocals by Brad Hamers
production by Slomoshun

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brad hamers Portland, Oregon

writer, music-maker, collage-maker,, performance-maker, loud dreamer, mental gymnast

(member of: Through Flames, Child Of No Nation, Cat Child, Dust On Snow, Two Ton Sloth, Phlegm and Al Límite Collective)

Artist at Shrine13

www.bradhamers.com
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