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Memorial Day

from Heatwaves by Sam Foster

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Written by Sam Foster

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Verse 1:
I was 16 the night it all came down.
Just a truck driver’s son in a rural town.
I was bound to be a Junior when school came in the fall.
I remember the morning, the day we got the call.

Verse 2:
I sorta knew him from his sister down the street.
He’d stop by on weekends, off from the factory.
He couldn’t spell his name. No, he couldn’t read or write.
He never seemed too sharp, but he was level with his sights

Chorus:
Do you believe it’s written at birth?
If you push a man for what he is worth.
Don’t expect that he’ll take it on the chin.
Cause a broken man lets it sink beneath his skin

Verse 3:
He got popped on Easter with his second DUI.
Judge was light with the gavel, he swore it’s his last time.
The Deputy said he wasn’t fit to keep his home.
With a polished badge, holstered gun, all the blue and all the chrome

Verse 4:
We’d all heard rumors his wife’s secret affair
And a lawman shoving him around, though he wouldn’t ever share.
Their little daughter, well she didn’t quite have his eyes.
He kept his mouth shut. Kept his head down. Tried to keep in line.

(Chorus)

Verse 5:
I woke up in the morning right after Memorial Day
Helicopters in the air. State Troopers parked up the way
“Last night The Deputy was killed,” is what the newspaper wrote.
Culprit was found in a barn, still alive, with a rope around his throat.

Verse 6:
They declared him an outlaw. The last one in the state.
They all looked down on him. They spit his name with hate.
But even at 16, hell, I could see the cards in his hand.
He might’ve been bad. Probably had enough. No doubt a broken man.

Chorus 2:
I believe it’s written at birth
If you push a man for what he’s worth
Don’t expect that he’ll take it on the chin
Cause a broken man lets his sins bury him

credits

from Heatwaves, released June 17, 2022
Sam Foster - Vocals/Guitar
Brad Cardille - Bass/Vocals
Seth Williams - Guitar
Nikki Forrester - Piano/Organ
Jacob Kuhn - Drums

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