4th of July

Today's the fourth of July

Another June has gone by

And when they light up our town

I just think what a waste of gunpowder and sky

I'm certain I am alone

In harbouring thoughts of our home

It's one of my faults that I can't quell my past

I ought to have gotten it gone

Oh, baby

I wonder if when you are older

Someday

You'll wake up and say

"My God, I should have told her

What would it take?

But now here I am and the world's gotten colder

And she's got the river down which I sold her"

So that's today's memory lane

With all the pathos and pain

Another chapter in a book where the chapters are endless

And they're always the same

A verse, then a verse, and refrain

Oh, baby

I wonder if when you are older

Someday

You'll wake up and say

"My God, I should have told her

What would it take?

But now here I am and the world's gotten colder

And she's got the river down which I sold her..."