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