[00:09.21]Well she seemed all right by dawns early light
[00:12.95]Though she looked a little worried and weak
[00:17.19]She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again
[00:21.13]But daddy left the proof on her cheek
[00:24.86]And I was only eight years old that summer
[00:28.80]And I always seemed to be in the way
[00:32.92]So I took myself down to the fair in town
[00:37.35]On Independence Day
[00:48.11]Well word gets around in a small, small town
[00:51.78]They said he was a dangerous man
[00:55.72]But mama was proud and she stood her ground
[00:59.72]She knew she was on the losin' end
[01:03.89]Some folks whispered and some folks talked
[01:08.02]But everybody looked the other way
[01:11.39]And when time ran out there was no one about
[01:15.71]On Independence Day
[01:20.65]Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing
[01:29.70]Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
[01:34.13]Let let the weak be strong, the right be wrong
[01:44.90]Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay it's Independence Day
[01:58.25]Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July
[02:02.55]By the time that the firemen come
[02:06.69]They just put out the flames,
[02:08.56]and took down some names
[02:10.93]And sent me to the county home
[02:14.11]Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong
[02:18.86]But maybe it's the only way
[02:23.04]Talk about your revolution
[02:24.97]It's Independence Day
[02:31.65]Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing
[02:40.63]Let the whole world know
[02:44.13]that today is a day of reckoning
[02:46.13]Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
[02:55.74]Roll the stone away,
[02:58.11]let the guilty pay it's Independence Day
[03:04.16]Roll the stone away
[03:08.15]It's Independence day
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