Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light   Though she looked a little worried and weak   She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again   But daddy left the proof on her cheek      And I was only eight years old that summer   And I always seemed to be in the way   So, I took myself down to the fair in town   On Independence Day      Well word gets around in a small, small town   They said he was a dangerous man   Mama was proud and she stood her ground   She knew she was on the losin' end      Some folks whispered some folks talked   But everybody looked the other way   When time ran out there was no one about   On Independence Day      Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing   Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning   Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong   Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay, it's Independence Day      Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July   By the time that the firemen come   They just put out the flames and took down some names   And sent me to the county home      Now, I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong   But maybe it's the only way   Talk about your revolution   It's the Independence Day      Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing   Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning   Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong   Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay, it's Independence Day   Roll the stone away, it's Independence Day