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Christmas At Candy's

from The Devil Tree EP by Fossil

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lyrics

dad met mom on christmas day
she was dancing at candy's over on diamond way
the same day they carved that sixteen year old from that unmarked grave
the killer had been slashing up girls since may
her name was jeanette
she was in the 10th grade
pretty as a holiday
her dad said he'd miss her every day

mom was eighteen
already queen of the stripper scene
dad was hometown pride
just out of westfield high
he threw that game winning touch down that made the whole town cry
in june he tried to kiss the town goodbye
but our town just won't let a man slide
so he worked on that oil rig
in the gulf for a time
but he was back by july
back at his daddy's shop patching big rig tires
barely 18 and already sick and tired

mom said dad was waiting for her every night after she got off stage
he'd drive her to breakneck ridge
just so they could smell the sage
he'd kiss her tell her he loved her
and that she'd never have to dance again if he had it his way

then another girl was found dead
barely seventeen
a sunburned redhead
dad promised to keep mom safe
they were sitting in his car
wild horses playing on an eight track tape
she told him she was pregnant
he disappeared the next day

one night mom told me i was a mistake
that was pure heartbreak
i still think of it every day

dad loved mom for a winter and spring
promised her the moon
a diamond ring
while all around teenage girls were dying for nothing
their bodies floating in lakes
buried in shallow graves
where was my old man to keep my mom safe
and then after nine months
he would give me his name
he'd take me up to breakneck ridge
we'd sit in that field of sage
he'd drive me out to butterfly bay
just to watch the waves
we'd carve our names in the sand
he'd show me the whole world
tell me this your promised land
he'd toss me in the dirt
show me how to be a man
some nights i dream he's liftin me up
pullin me outta this rut
he'd show me the way
tell me not worry
then he'd tell me this story
how he first saw my moms face
how he met a beautiful girl named grace
dancing at candy's on christmas day

electric black
firelight
the same dream every night
i'm your son
i was your seed
and i grew up into this devil tree
and now i just pray
that you come back
come back to cut me down
and save whatever's left of me

credits

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

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