Music & lyrics: john popper      Well she hated the 4th of july   Bombs bursting in air, and she'd never know why   She'd keep me up all night, too terrified to cry   Oh yes, she hated 4th of july      Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake   Go back to sleep because I am wide awake   I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere tonight   Feel my hand, I'm gonna hold you till the early light      And when the thunder clapped, she'd run to me afraid   She tried to be brave, but she couldn't figure out the terrible sound it made   I was smarter, but she just couldn't see   And when the thunder clapped, she'd always run to me      Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake   Go back to sleep because I am wide awake   I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere tonight   Feel my hand, I'm gonna hold you till the early light      Oh yes, she loved the world on a crisp, autumn day   The leaves would turn her color, the children were at play   Sit on hilltops with her, she'd smile as if to say   You couldn't touch the world when autumn comes this way      And I don't believe she cared for getting old   The limbs move a little slower, the hearing just goes cold   One day she looked at me through a gray haired eye   And I couldn't believe she was telling me good bye      Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake   Go back to sleep because I am wide awake   I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere tonight   Feel my hand, I'm gonna hold you till the early light      And I do believe her soul was rich and blue   We taught each other lessons, lessons that we knew   When we kept growing, there was nothing we could do   But I loved her and I know she loved me too      Now you can call me a sentimental fool   But I learned more from her than I ever did in school   I still get apprehensive, I still remember why   When the thunder claps or it's the 4th of july      Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake   Go back to sleep because I am wide awake   I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere tonight   Feel my hand, I'm gonna hold you till the early light      Oh yes she hated the 4th of july