Ani Difranco - Independence Day lyrics

we drove the car to the top of the parking ramp on the 4th of july we sat out on the hood with a couple of warm beers and watched the fireworks explode in the sky and there was an exodus of birds from the trees but they didnt know, we were only pretending and the people all looked up, and were pleased and the birds flew around like the whole world was ending and i don't think war is noble and i don't like to think that love is like war and i gotta big hot cherry bomb, and i want to slip it through the mail slot of your front door don't leave me here i've got your back now you'd better have mine cause you say the coast is clear but you say that all the time so many sheep i quit counting sleepless and embarra**ed about the way that i feel trying to make mole hills out of mountains building base camp at the bottom of a really big deal and did i tell you how i stopped eating? when you stopped calling me and i was cramped up sh**ting rivers for weeks and pretending that i was finally free don't leave me here now that your back you'd better stay this time cause you say the coast is clear but you say that all the time we drove the car to the top of the parking ramp, on the 4th of july and i planted my dusty boots on the bumper and sat out on the hood, and looked up at the sky