HEAT

from SONGS FOR PARENTS WHO ENJOY DRUGS by HAMELL ON TRIAL

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So here's a little confession, but you probably come here for the real deal anyway....after my car accident I was on pain pills for a few years. My joke, (if it could be called a joke) was "I'm a friend of Bill's but I'm a better friend if he's got Percacettes". Anyway, I decided I had enough, I kicked, as usual cold turkey, and there was a horrible debilitating depression, my wife packed us both up and flew us to Florida for a vacation which did the trick. I wrote this song while I was there.

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I flew into Miami beach, I got a grey cloud on my mind, having a little trouble kicking some pills, I'm leaving that stuff behind. I'm in too deep on a couple of things, but I'm not really running away, I'm gonna give it just as long as it takes, 'til I get back to feeling okay.

Yesterday I scrapped a car, it was a dice roll fate, there wasn't any papers to worry about, and I destroyed the plates. I rented a car, got me a room, Little Havana got something to eat,. had a couple numbers I didn't call, and I enjoyed the Heat.

Heat-Burning it back -Heat-Exposing the nerve
Heat-Melting layers of doubt-Heat-Who do you serve?
Heat-I'm riding it out-Heat-I got my ear to the street
Heat-My profiles intact-Heat-And I'm not accepting defeat

Hadn't talked to her since her mama had died, a song brought it back to me, playing in a boat far off shore, headed out to sea. I finished my coffee as the song drifted off, now she could settle down. She had a fortune smile and maybe this time she could leave this soul sucking town.

Was a man with a scar she'd taken up with, who knows the company we keep. I got in the car and drove through the night, I had a long way to go to sleep. The papers read they only had one lead, it was the make of a car, in a murder of a dealer and a pimp, known for his facial scar.

Heat-melting layers of doubt-Heat-Who do you serve?
Heat-I'm riding it out-Heat-exposing the nerve
Heat-burning it back-Heat-i got my ear to the street
Heat-My profiles intact-Heat-Not accepting defeat

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from SONGS FOR PARENTS WHO ENJOY DRUGS, released October 7, 2013

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HAMELL ON TRIAL Austin, Texas

Hamell on Trial is loud, fast music informed by politics, intelligence and a wicked sense of humor.
1995-Mercury Records-Big as Life, The Chord is Mightier Than the Sword.
1997- Choochtown
2003-Righteous Babe Records-Tough Love
2005, Songs For Parents Who Enjoy Drugs.
2007-“The Terrorism Of Everyday Life,” (Edinburgh Fringe Herald Award)
2012-New West Records -The Happiest Man Alive. ... more

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