4th Of July

She was on fire and wild and American

She burns it out probably just because she can

And if I had a dollar for every thing I should've said

I'd prolix still be busted

I would throw it all away again

The lightening bugs light up all across the southern sky

Some guys get it all and they don't even need to try

I watched you roll away but you didn't even say goodbye

And now I hate the night

I'm guess in' that's the reason why

And this this is my life

On the 4th of July

It isn't much but at least it's mine

Got in my van ended up in Boston

Thought about my friends and how easily I lost them

I'd do it all again I'll leave everyone exhausted

Some folks a get break me I never got one

I thought of you at night I when would drink too much

If you thought about me too you'd never tried to get in touch

Went back to school and I ran into some guys I knew

We started up this band but we couldn't seem to get it through

We got some gigs eventually lost that too

Did you ever think that maybe if you're not happy it's because of you

And this this is my life

On the 4th of July

It isn't much but at least it's mine

I got a job selling ads for magazines

At night when I'd play I'd think about her constantly

Everything I loved somehow got away from me

And suicide I talked about it openly

I finally quit or maybe I got fired I don't know

It doesn't matter just as long as it happened though

Added up the fears and the doubts I've been living with

Songs of lightening bugs school work and all that s**t

And this this is my life

On the 4th of July

It isn't much but at least it's mine

I lost a girl sometime and a couple friends

Small talking parties I never could stomach it

I'm old enough to say I remember when

But I don't have the time for your nostalgia and criticisms

You live and learn me well I learned to let go

Parents and bosses and people who don't want you to grow

I think that anything that you want to you can do

And no one is going to tell me just who the hell I should sing to

And this this is my life

On the 4th of July

It isn't much but at least it's mine

This is my life

On the 4th of July

It isn't much but at least it's mine

At least it's mine

This is mine and nothing nobody is going to ever take this away

It's a print blue of your life

I'll see yaw when it's over

It's a journey