Can't let this holiday slip by Not a single cloud in the sky Reason enough for us to get high On the 4th of July *** some wine, sporty-oaty, let's go Down to the river and watch it flow Fill two plastic cups with vino Under a weeping willow Independence Day, in my mind's eye There's a battle-raging night On the 4th of July The dog days of summer are here A father and son fishing off the pier They've got a cooler filled with soda and beer It's that time of year Water skiers gliding two by two Smoke is drifting from a barbecue Lovers slapping in a tandem canoe Coming into view Independence Day, until that river runs dry We'll live free or die On the 4th of July Somebody's digging a hole And setting up a liberty pole So he can hear his own vitriol against gun control Swirling steam rising from a cooling tower On its way to a higher power That informs the west-facing flower In this evening hour Independence Day, I hear a battle cry As fireworks light up the sky On the 4th of July On the 4th of July It's the 4th of July