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 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 throw it through the mail slip
 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 embarrassed about the way that I feel
 Trying to make 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 shitting 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 on the hood,
 and looked up at the sky