4th Of July Lyrics

Today's the fourth of July
another June has gone by
and when they light up our town I just think
what a waste of gunpowder and sky
I'm certain that I am alone
in harbouring thoughts of our home
it's one of my faults that I can't quell my past
I ought to have gotten it gone
        Oh, baby, I wonder - if when you are older -
        someday-
        you'll wake up
        and say, 'My God, I should have told her -
        what would it take?
        But now here I am and the world's gotten colder
        and she's got the river down which I sold her.'
So that's today's memory lane
with all the pathos and pain
another chapter in a book where the chapters are
endless
and they're always the same
a verse, then a verse, and refrain
        Oh, baby, I wonder - if when you are older -
        someday-
        you'll wake up
        and say, 'My God, I should have told her -
        what would it take?
        But now here I am and the world's gotten colder
        and she's got the river down which I sold her.'