Lyrics: 4th of July

4th of July (2004)

 

All alone on a weekend

Nothing doing on a Saturday night

But wait for Sunday, pray that someday

All that’s hidden will be in the light

 

Sometimes I wonder if there are others

Feeling like I do deep in my heart

That my country is like a lover

But me and my lover have drifted apart

 

Now my lover’s become a stranger

And I’m a stranger to this country I was born in

Am I still free, can you tell me

And will anything be all right in the morning?

 

I was born here, I’m a citizen

You might say I have a dog in this fight

The people with money they buy whoever’s getting in

But all that gold’ll never make it right

 

We got cell phones, we got the internet

But we don’t seem to talk to each other anymore

And when we do talk, it sounds like we’re selling something

No one’s buying ‘cause we’re all at war

 

The river’s deep, deep as it is wide

And that’s the reason we don’t hear the things we trying to say

Send this message ‘cross the great divide

And if it reaches you, I hope we’ll find a way

 

We got cable, we got the internet

But we don’t seem to talk and I don’t know why

But I don’t care how they spin it

We’re not 9-11, we’re the 4th of July

No, we’re not 9-11, we’re the 4th of July

No, we’re not 9-11, we’re the 4th of July

 

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done

But I don’t wanna wait till we all gone home

Truth be told, justice done

But I don’t wanna wait till we all gone home

No, I don’t wanna wait till we all gone home

 

All alone on a weekend

Nothing doing on a Saturday night

But wait for Sunday, pray that someday

All that’s hidden will be in the light

All that’s hidden will be in the light

All that’s hidden will be in the light

 

All songs copyright © Little Blue Dot Music (BMI) except where noted.