Independence Day Lyrics - Little Plastic Castle - Ani Difranco

We drove the car 

To the top of the parking ramp 

4th of July 

Sat out on the hood 

With a couple of warm beers 

And watched the fireworks 

Explode in the sky 

There was an exodus of birds from the trees 

'Cause they didn't know 

We were only pretending 

And the people all looked up and looked pleased 

And the birds flew around 

Like the whole world was ending 

I don't think war is noble 

And I don't like to think love is like war 

But I got a big hot cherry bomb 

And I want to slip it through the mail slot 

Of your front door 

You can't leave me here 

I got your back now 

You'd better have mine 

'Cause you say the coast is clear 

But you say that all the time 

So many sheep I quit counting 

Sleepless and embarrassed 

About the way that I feel 

Trying to make mole hills out of mountains 

Building base camp at the bottom 

Of a really big deal 

Did I ever tell you how I stopped eating 

When you stopped calling me 

I was cramped up 

And shitting rivers for weeks 

And pretending that I was finally free 

You can't leave me here 

I got your back now 

You'd better have mine 

'Cause you say the coast is clear 

But you say that all the time 

We drove the car 

To the top of the parking ramp 

4th of July 

I planted my dusty boots on the bumper 

Sat out on the hood 

And looked up at the sky