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Fourth of July

from Mexico City Midnight EP by Fossil

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fourth of july
high as the midnight sky
tess shining
reflections of fireworks exploding in her eye

"i love you" she says "i'm glad your here"
and that's all i ever wanted to hear

tess takes my hand
we go out back
frankie's in the driveway sitting in his truck
dead drunk
how'd we let it get this fucked

frankie looks at me
then looks at tees and starts to cry
these last days have just been a long good bye

"you don't know him like i do" tess says "he's got a good heart"
she's never seen his violent part
and there's no stopping him once he starts

"someday i'll miss you" i wanna tell frankie
but i love tess too much to give this up

tess walks out to frankie's truck
frankie looks at her
then i hear the glass break
frankie swings the bottle at tess just missing her face
then he's outta the car running out to the lake
pure bad blood heartbreak
there's only so much a man can take

i wish i could give it all away
make this ok
but this how it is
tess makes me wanna live

i walk tess downtown
we smoke a joint
she starts to frown
she says "i wanna burn this town down"

i tell her there's nothing wrong and give her a kiss
blue gloss smeared across my lips
i tell her she makes me wanna live
she says she just wants to forget

i walk her to her daddy's house
her stepmom's drinking on the porch
she gives me a look
asks tess "what did you bring him round here for"

we sit out back
listening to fireworks color sky
i tell her it's ok
she starts to cry
"i love you" she says "and i got no idea why"

i wish i could just go back
live the life we never had
meet my daddy
make it alright with frankie
rewind every sound
and take tess so far from this town

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from Mexico City Midnight EP, released March 28, 2013
words & voice by Fossil
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