Independence Day

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
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 Well, word gets around in a small, small town
 They said he was a dangerous man
 But Momma 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
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 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
 Talk about your revolution
 It's Independence Day
 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 the stone away, let the guilty pay
 It's Independence Day
 Roll the stone away
 It's Independence Day