there was a fire in the building next to mine
the day Lou Reed died
there was smoke coming out of a window
there were five fire trucks
and two police cars
and one ambulance
there was a crowd outside a building on fire
they all lived in there
and they were relieved when the fire went out
so fast it nearly ever began
and there were children among them
they looked like sandwiches
'cause it was cold and they were wearing
tons of blankets
sandwich babies
sandwich babies
sandwich babies
sandwich babies
and there were people smoking cigarettes
see an apartment on fire and light a fire on your cigarette
makes sense
I guess
I saw my dad smoke a cigarette once when I was a kid
it was so traumatic
it was a typical Swedish summer night
when mosquitos are flying wild
I said ”smoking kills, why do you smoke
I thought you didn't, dad?”
he said ”I'm just trying to scare those mosquitos away
they don't like smoke!”
maybe the parents of the sandwich babies could tell them that
the reason why their building was on fire
was to chase the mosquitos away
maybe it could be a new Santa Claus lie
to make it less traumatic
credits
from Featherweights,
released November 4, 2014
Music and lyrics by Linnea Mårtensson
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