Counted the stars on the 4th of July   Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky   Talking about redemption and leaving things behind   As the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line      Scarce as Monday morning feeling washed away   I orchestrated paradise couldn't make you stay   You dance with the horses through the sands of time   As the sun sinks west of the Mendocino county line      I have these pictures and I   Keep these photographs to   Remind me of a time   These pictures and these photographs   Let me know I'm doing fine   I use to make you happy once upon a time   But the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line      The two of us together felt nothing but right   Feeling we're immortal every Friday night   Lost in our convictions lips stained with wine   As the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line      I have these pictures and I   Keep these photographs to   Remind me of a time   These pictures and these photographs   Let me know I'm doing fine   I use to make you happy once upon a time   But the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line      I don't talk to you too much these days   I just thank the Lord, pictures don't fade   I spent time with an Angel just passing through   Now all that's left is this image of you      Counted the stars on the 4th of July   Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky   Talking about redemption and leaving things behind      I have these pictures and I   Keep these photographs to   Remind me of a time   These pictures and these photographs   Let me know I'm doing fine   We use to be so happy once upon a time   (Once upon a time)   But the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line   And the sun sank west of the Mendocino county line      Mendocino county line   Mendocino county line   Mendocino county line