Carla Jayne - Smoke Rings Lyrics

Smoke rings start in tall grass
Poison words aim to kill
Screaming justice to the world
Bitter and shrill

Sleepless nights in the city
Fever pitch burns hard and low
Looking for truth, in a curl
Of twisting smoke

She didn't have strength to listen
She was too young to know
The words you burned carefully
Were just smoke rings 'round her throat
Just smoke rings around her throat

Falling through the years now
She can't help but search in loops
Dreams of pieces of a girl
Hidden from view

Pushed right through the ashes
Shifting beams just missed her head
Now the door's blocked by the words
All left unsaid

She didn't have strength to listen
She was too young to know
The words you burned carefully
Were just smoke rings 'round her throat
Just smoke rings around her throat

Little girl frozen in the lamplight
Little flames smoldering out of sight
Little girl taught that silence was safety
Stuck tight in the chaos surrounding
Little girl older than her years seemed
Little flames no one else could see
Little girl tucked away her bad dreams
Little girl got away finally

She didn't have strength to listen
She was too young to know
The words you burned carefully
Were just smoke rings 'round her throat
Just smoke rings around her throat

Just smoke rings 'round her throat