WELL SHE
SEEMED ALRIGHT BY
DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
THOUGH SHE LOOKED
A LITTLE WORRIED
AND WEAK
SHE TRIED TO PRETEND
HE WASN'T
DRINKIN' AGAIN
BUT DADDY LEFT THE
PROOF ON HER CHEEK
AND 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
BUT 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 WEAK
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
JUST 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 WEAK
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