WELL SHE SEEMED ALL RIGHT
BY DAWNS EARLY LIGHT
THOUGH SHE LOOKED
A LITTLE WORRIED AND WEEK
SHE TRIED TO PRETEND
SHE WASN'T DRINKIN' AGAIN
BUT DADDY LEFT
THE PROOF ON HER CHEEK
I WAS ONLY EIGHT YEARS OLD
THAT SUMMER
AND I ALWAYS SEEMED
TO BE IN THE WAY
SO I TOOK MYSELF DOWN
TO THE FAIR IN TOWN
ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
WELL WORD GETS AROUND
IN A SMALL, SMALL TOWN
THEY SAID
HE WAS A DANGEROUS MAN
MY MAMA WAS PROUD
AND SHE STOOD HER GROUND
SHE KNEW
SHE WAS ON THE LOSIN' END
SOME FOLKS WHISPERED
SOME FOLKS TALKED
BUT EVERYBODY
LOOKED THE OTHER WAY
AND WHEN TIME RAN OUT
THERE WAS NO ONE ABOUT
ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
LET FREEDOM RING,
LET THE WHITE DOVE SING~
LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW
THAT TODAY
IS A DAY OF RECKONING
LET THE WEEK BE STRONG,
LET THE RIGHT BE WRONG~
ROLL THE STONE AWAY,
LET THE GUILTY PAY
IT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
WELL SHE LIT UP
THE SKY THAT FOURTH OF JULY
BY THE TIME
THAT THE FIREMEN COME
THEY JUST PUT OUT THE FLAMES,
AND TOOK DOWN SOME NAMES
AND SENT ME TO THE COUNTY HOME
NOW I AIN'T SAYIN'
IT'S RIGHT OR IT'S WRONG
BUT MAYBE
IT'S THE ONLY WAY
TALK ABOUT YOUR REVOLUTION
IT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
LET FREEDOM RING,
LET THE WHITE DOVE SING~
LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW
THAT TODAY
IS A DAY OF RECKONING
LET THE WEEK BE STRONG,
LET THE RIGHT BE WRONG~
ROLL THE STONE AWAY,
LET THE GUILTY PAY
IT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY~
ROLL THE STONE AWAY
IT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY~ |
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