Independence Day

[Verse 1]

Well she seemed all right 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

I was only eight years old that summer

And always seemed to be in the way

So I took myself down to the fair in town

On Independence Day

[Verse 2]

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

Yeah somе folks whispered, some folks talkеd

But everybody looked the other way

And when time ran out there was no one about

On Independence Day

[Chorus]

Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing

Let the whole world know that today is the day of reckoning

Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong

Roll that stone away, let the guilty pay, it's Independence Day

[Verse 3]

Well she lit up that sky that fourth of July

By the time that the firemen come

They just put out the flames and they 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

[Chorus]

Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing

Let the whole world know that today is the day of reckoning

Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong

Roll that stone away, let the guilty pay, it's Independence Day

[Outro]

Roll that stone away

It's Independence Day