Fourth of July

Album: American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)
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  • (You and I were, you and I were fire)
    (You and I were, you and I were fire)
    (You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fire)

    It was the fourth of July
    You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks
    That went off too soon
    And I miss you in the June gloom too
    It was the fourth of July
    You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks
    I said I'd never miss you, but I guess you never know
    May the bridges I have burned
    Light my way back home on the fourth of July

    I'll be as honest as you'll let me
    I miss your early morning company
    If you get me
    You are my favorite what if
    You are my best I'll never know
    And I'm starting to forget
    Just what summer ever meant to you
    What did it ever mean to you?

    Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean any of it
    I just got too lonely, lonely, whoa
    In between being young and being right
    You were my Versailles at night

    It was the fourth of July
    You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks
    That went off too soon
    And I miss you in the June gloom too
    It was the fourth of July
    You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks
    I said I'd never miss you, but I guess you never know
    May the bridges I have burned
    Light my way back home on the fourth of July

    My 9 to 5 is cutting open old scars
    Again and again 'til I'm stuck in your head
    Had my doubts but I let them out
    You are the drought
    And I'm the holy water you have been without
    And all my thoughts of you
    They could heat or cool the room, and no
    Don't tell me you cried
    Oh, honey, you don't have to lie

    Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean any of it
    I just got too lonely, lonely, whoa
    In between being young and being right
    You were my Versailles at night

    It was the fourth of July
    You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks
    That went off too soon
    And I miss you in the June gloom too
    It was the fourth of July
    You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks
    I said I'd never miss you, but I guess you never know
    May the bridges I have burned
    Light my way back home on the fourth of July

    I wish I'd known how much you loved me
    I wish I cared enough to know
    I'm sorry every song's about you
    The torture of small talk with someone you used to love

    It was the fourth of July
    You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks
    That went off too soon
    And I miss you in the June gloom too
    It was the fourth of July
    You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks
    I said I'd never miss you, but I guess you never know
    May the bridges I have burned
    Light my way back home on the fourth of July Writer/s: Andrew Hurley, Jake Sinclair, Joseph Trohman, Patrick Stump, Peter Wentz, Ryan Lott
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 2

  • I Love Fob from Shelbyville, InI have so many FOB songs stuck in my head!
  • I Love Fob from Shelbyville, InAs far as I know, he made this song because he was depressed about a breakup with Mikey Way.
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