She was on fire and wild and AmericannShe burns it out probably just because she cannAnd if I had a dollar for every thing I should've saidnI'd prolly still be busted, I would throw it all away againnnThe lightening bugs light up all across the southern skynSome guys get it all and they don't even need to trynI watched you roll away but you didn't even say goodbyenAnd now I hate the night, I'm guessin' that's the reason whynnAnd this, this is my lifenOn the 4th of JulynIt isn't much, but at least it's minennGot in my van, ended up in BostonnThought about my friends and how easily I lost themnI'd do it all again, I'll leave everyone exhaustednSome folks get a break, me I never got onennI thought of you at night when I would drink too muchnIf you thought about me too, you'd never tried to get in touchnWent back to school and I ran into some guys I knewnWe started up this band but we couldn't seem to get it throughnWe got some gigs, evetually lost that toonDid you ever think that if you're not happy it's because of younnAnd this, this is my lifenOn the 4th of JulynIt isn't much, but at least it's minennI got a job selling ads for magazinesnAt night when I'd play, I'd think about her constantlynEverything I loved somehow got away from menAnd suicide, I talked about it openlynI finally quit, or maybe I got fired, I don't knownIt doesn't matter just as long as it happened thoughnAdded up the fears and the doubts I've been living withnSongs of lightening bugs, school, work, and all that shitnnAnd this, this is my lifenOn the 4th of JulynIt isn't much, but at least it's minennI lost a girl sometime and a couple friendsnSmall talking parties I could never stomach itnI'm old enough to say that I remember whennBut I dont have the time for your nastalgia and crisitismsnYou live and learn, me, well I learned to let gonParents and bosses and people who don't want you to grownI think that anything that you want to you can donAnd no one is going to tell me just who the hell I should sing to nnAnd this, this is my lifenOn the 4th of JulynIt isn't much, but at least it's minen(x2)nn(This mine and nothing, nobody is going to ever take this awaynIt's a blue print of your lifenI'll see ya when it's overnIt's a journey)nn
Lyrics by Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
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