Independence Day

We drove the car to the top of the parking ramp On the 4th of July We sat out on the hood with a couple of warm beers And watched the fireworks explode in the sky And there was an exodus of birds from the trees But 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 and And I, I don't think war is noble And I don't like to think that love is like war But I gotta big hot cherry bomb And I wanna slip it through the mail slot of your front door Now you can't leave me here I've got your back now You'd better have mine 'Cuz you say the coast is clear You say that all the time So many sheep I quit counting Sleepless and embarra*sed 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? And I was cramped up shitting rivers for weeks And pretending that I was finally free Now you can't leave me here Yeah, now that you're back You better stay this time 'Cuz you say the coast is clear But you say that all the time We drove the car to the top of the parking ramp On the 4th of July And I planted my dusty boots on the bumper And sat on the hood and looked up at the sky