Smokestack

from Sweet Distractions by Dan Sweeney

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I didn’t know him like that
No, I never knew him like that
I saw him once on a basement floor, shuddered and closed the door

We didn’t know him like that
No, we never knew him like that
It’s a lie we tell ourselves to think we played no part in it

Now I just have these images of times when we were young

I heard you smokestack cavalier
I thought you’d lost your mind
but it was just your way of living fast and curious all the time

Ran round a van in wintertime
You and I left behind
It was awkward then, but the first time that I saw you as a friend

Now I just have these images of times when we were young

The others in the same boat too
Don’t believe a word they tell you
They look you in the eyes and say “this thing ain’t goin down”

Turn your back, they drill another hole

I just have these images of times when we were young

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from Sweet Distractions, released August 30, 2018

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