independence day

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, 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, well word gets around in a small, small town, they said he was a dangerous man, but mama was proud and she stood her ground, she knew she was on the losing end, some folks whispered,some folks talked, but everybody looked the other way, and when time ran out there was no was 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, well she lit up the sky the 4th of july, by the time that the fireman came, they just put out the flames and took down some names, and sent me to the county home, now i ain't saying 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 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