Capo 2
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 prolly 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 guessin 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
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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 get a break, me I never got one
I thought of you at night when I 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, evetually we lost that too
Did you ever think that 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
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I got a job selling ads for magazines
At night when I would play, I d think about her constantly
Everything I loved it 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 shit
And this, this is my life On the 4th of July
It isn t much, but at least it s mine
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I lost a girl sometime and a couple friends
Small talk at parties I never could stomach it
I m old enough to say that I remember when
But I dont have the time for your nastalgia or your crisitisms
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 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 (x2)