[Intro]
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[Verse 1]

             
From the corne

             
r of 3rd and W


ashington
         
You can't see 

           
where your bro


ther went
    
Out somewhere 

past the beat 

cops
         
And beautiful 

              
women who work

         
 for the gover

nment
             
They walk by i

      
n air-conditio

ned tunnels
         
That arc high 

above the stre

et
        
While I sweat 

in my hot coff

ee
    
And daydream a

bout how we mi

ght meet


    x2


[Verse 2]

             
Your mother as

          
ked for a pict

ure
         
She says "toda

         
y's your birth

day"
        
In some strung

 out western s

tutter
         
Making all the

           
 world her ash


tray
             
She adjusts he

  
r aviators
        
With an absent

 shaking hand
          
Tilts the came


ra forty-five 

degrees
    
And calls out 

modeling comma

nds


    x2


[Verse 3]

             
When we used t

        
o go to partie

s
            
You'd spend an

           
 hour before t

   
he mirror
        
And I'd drink 

your gin
              
And ask about 

         
your high scho

   
ol souvenirs
             
Tacked on the 

     
wall above the

 bed
   
An old Inkjet 

collage
             
But you were n


ever much for 

talking
      
So I knelt to 

your mirage


    x2


[Verse 4]

             
We'd walk the 

              
three blocks w


estbound
         
In the moonlit

        
 Philly fall
      
And the party 

would be grand
          
All our friend

             
s would grin w

    
ith pride
             
All our friend

          
s would be so 

drunk
              
And have such 

 
pleasant thing

s to say
        
And at last, w

e'd see each o

ther
        
In the way tha

t we had dream

ed to be seen


    x2


[Verse 5]

             
Those nights y

              
our house kept

  
 secrets
         
We'd stumble u

      
p the stairs
    
My hands tore 

through your r

ecords
            
While your han

           
ds unpinned yo

   
ur hair
             
The both of us

       
 still green e

nough
              
To remove the 

  
other's clothe

s
   
A quiet signal

 of devotion
          
That I am happ

y to have know

n