Capo 2
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She was on fire and wild and American
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She burns it out probably just because she can
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And if I had a dollar for every thing I should've said
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I'd prolly still be busted, I would throw it all away again
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The lightening bugs light up all across the southern sky
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Some guys get it all and they don't even need to try
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I watched you roll away but you didn't even say goodbye
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And now I hate the night, I'm guessin' that's the reason why
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And this, this is my life On the 4th of July
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It isn't much, but at least it's mine
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Got in my van, ended up in Boston
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Thought about my friends and how easily I lost them
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I'd do it all again, I'll leave everyone exhausted
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Some folks get a break, me I never got one
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I thought of you at night when I would drink too much
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If you thought about me too, you'd never tried to get in touch
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Went back to school and I ran into some guys I knew
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We started up this band but we couldn't seem to get it through
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We got some gigs, evetually we lost that too
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Did you ever think that if you're not happy it's because of you
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And this, this is my life, On the 4th of July
F
It isn't much, but at least it's mine
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I got a job selling ads for magazines
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At night when I would play, I'd think about her constantly
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Everything I loved it somehow got away from me
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And suicide, I talked about it openly
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I finally quit, or maybe I got fired, I don't know
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It doesn't matter just as long as it happened though
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Added up the fears and the doubts I've been living with
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Songs of lightening bugs, school, work, and all that shit
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And this, this is my life On the 4th of July
F
It isn't much, but at least it's mine
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I lost a girl sometime and a couple friends
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Small talk at parties I never could stomach it
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I'm old enough to say that I remember when
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But I dont have the time for your nastalgia or your crisitisms
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You live and learn, me, well I learned to let go
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Parents and bosses and people who don't want you to grow
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I think that anything you want to you can do
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And no one is going to tell me just who the hell I should sing to
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And this, this is my life On the 4th of July
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It isn't much, but at least it's mine (x2)
