Well she seemed alright 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   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 Independance Day      Well word gets around in a small, small town   They said he was a dangerous man   But momma was proud and she stood her ground   She knew she was on the losing end   Some folks whisper, some folks talk   But everybody looked the other way   When time ran out there was noone about   On Independance 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   Throw the stone away, let the guilty pay   It's Independance Day      Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July   By the time that the fire men come   They just put out the flames and took down some names   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 evolution, it's Independance 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   Throw the stone away let the guilty pay   It's Independance Day   Throw the stone away   It's Independance Day