4th of July

4th of July

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're 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