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Benny

from The Devil Tree EP by Fossil

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lyrics

uncle benny left home at sixteen
took a job cutting steel at that torch lake factory
and every friday he sent becky half his salary

she was back home 
still wearing his chain
writing him letters telling him she missed him every day

then benny came home for a night that fall
jimmy told him he'd seen becky kissing mike at sammy's  pool hall

saw becky she looked benny in the eye
kissed his face
benny just smiled
pretending to feel something for her other than hate

came back the next weekend
drove straight to the pool hall
business as usual

found mike outside in his truck
benny opened the door
grabbed his neck
didn't let go till mike was an inch from death

mikey's dad was the town mayor back then
so benny knew what was waiting for him
they put him in the country pen
filled a rubber nose with cement
cuffed him to the bed
beat him for seven days straight 
till he was almost dead.

when they let him out
they said they didn't wanna see him around
he could either leave town or they'd put him straight in the ground

benny told me that was the best day of his life
he drove to cali that night

met denise serving drinks on the sunset strip
and they got married that same week under the neon moon of vegas strip

that was back in 86
trouble came trouble went
but he loved denise ever since
told her when he leaves this world she's the only thing he's gonna miss

credits

from The Devil Tree EP, released July 7, 2013
words and voice by fossil
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