Independence Day Songtext

von Ani Difranco

We drove the car to the top of the parking ramp
On the 4th of july
We sat out on the hood with a couple of
Warm beers and watched the fireworks
Explode in the sky
And there was an exodus of birds from the trees
But they didnt know, we were only prteending
And the people all looked up
And the birds flew around like the whole world
Was ending
And I don't think war is noble
And I don't like to think that love is like war
And I gotta big hot cherry bomb
And I want to throw it through the mail slip
Of your front door

Don't leave me here
I've got your back now
You'd better have mine
Cause you say the coast is clear
But you say that all the time

So many sheep I quit counting
Sleepless and embarrassed about the way that I feel
Trying to make hills out of mountains
Building base camp at the bottom of a really big deal
And did I tell you how I stopped eating?
When you stopped calling me
And I was cramped up shitting rivers for weeks
And pretending that I was finally free

Don't leave me here
Now that your back
You'd better stay this time
Cause you say the coast is clear
But you say that all the time

We drove the car to the top of the parking ramp,
On the 4th of july
And I planted my dusty boots on
The bumper and sat on the hood,
And looked up at the sky