Once in a while in a big blue moon   There comes a night like this   Like some surrealist   Invented this 4th of July   Night ride home      Hula girls   And Caterpillar tractors in the sand   The ukulele man   The fireworks, this 4th of July   And night ride home      I love the man beside me   We love the open road   No phones till Friday   Far from the overkill   Far from the overload      Back at the bar, the band tears down   But out here in the headlight beams   The silver power lines   Gleam on this 4th of July   And night ride home      Round the curve and a big dark horse   Red taillights on his hide   Is keeping right alongside   Rev for stride, 4th of July   Night ride home      I love the man beside me   We love the open road   No phones till Friday   Far from the undertow   Far from the overload      Once in a while in a big blue moon   There comes a night like this   Like some surrealist   Invented this 4th of July   Night ride home      Night ride home   Night ride home   On a night ride home   On a night ride home