Independence Day - Ani DiFranco

We drove the car to the top of the parking ramp

4th of july

Sat out on the hood with a couple of warm beers

And watched the fire works explode in the sky

And there was an exodus of birds in the trees

Cuz they didn’t know that we were only pretending

And the people all looked up and looked pleased

And the birds flew around like the whole world was ending

I don’t think war is noble

And i don’t like to think that love is like war

But I’ve got a big hot cherry bomb

And i wanna slip it through the mail slot

Of your front door

And now you can’t leave me here

I’ve got your back now

You’d better have mine

Cuz you say the coast is clear

But you say that all the time

So many sheep i quit counting

Sleepless and embarassed

About the way that i feel

Trying to make mole hills out of mountains

Building base camp at the bottom

Of a really big deal

Did i ever tell you how i stopped eating

When you stopped calling me

I was cramped up

And shitting rivers for weeks

And pretending that i was finally free

And you can’t leave me here

Yeah now that your back

You better stay this time

Cuz you say the coast is clear

But you say that all the time

I drove the car to the top of the parking ramp

4th of july

I planted my dusty boots on the bumper

Sat out on the hood

And looked up at the sky