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The Fourth of July

from Someday, But Not Today by Some Punk

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please ignore any and all off pitch notes. they were the work of gremlins. it was pitch perfect when we recorded, i swear.

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Thomas Jefferson
And Marilyn Monroe
Sat in the park
Toe to toe
He said stop
And she said go
A fire started in their brains
He was sick of playin’ her games
He said,
“Baby, don’t tell me lies”
Then he noticed
It was the
Fourth of July
Well he left
To walk the streets
Alone
She wandered off
To Acapulco
And found a casket
With her name
On the side,
Taken in vain
She knew who had scratched it on
As she was approaching the dawn
She thought,
“Maybe it was only the rain”
On that day called
The Fourth of July
Thomas Jefferson
Walked down the road
When a man called
From his abode
“Hey, don’t you know
What day it is”
Tommy said
“No, but I can surely guess”
And he continued on his way
Knowing full well
It was the Fourth
Of July
Ben Franklin stepped into his office
Alone
And he heard a ring
On the telephone
He heard Tom say
“Hey
How you been
I’d like to see you again”
So Ben went on to stormy skies
Out on the
Fourth
Of July
Tom And Ben
Sat in a coffee shop
Smoking hash
And taking drops
They spoke softly
‘Bout the government
And the injins who were climbin the walls
When Monroe came in, walking tall
And Tom got hit by the ball
Said “Ben,
Get me outta this place!”
And they ran out to the heat of
The Fourth of July
She followed them out
Into the street
Where they began
To plant their feet
A shot rang out
As the sky grew dark
A bullet landed in Toms brain
That began to drive him insane
Then she said,
“Come take a walk with me
Through this town on
The Fourth of July”
After it was all
Said and done
Tom sat alone with
A mind on the run
He couldn’t tell
Who set the spark
Of the flame inside his heart
Was it her, was it an art?
Or perhaps, it was just his fate
On that day
Called
The Fourth of July

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from Someday, But Not Today, released October 9, 2012

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