Stephen Kellogg And The Sixers - 4th Of July lyrics

She was on fire, wild, and American She burns it out probably just because she can And if I had a dollar for everything I should have said I'd probably still be busted I would throw it all away again Lightning bugs light up all across the Southern sky Some guys get it all and they don't even need to try I watched you roll away, but you didn't even say 'Goodbye' And now I hate the night, I'm guessing that's the reason why And this, this is my life on the 4th of July It isn't much, but at least it's mine Got in my van, ended up in Boston Thought about my friends and how easily I lost them I'd do it all again, I'll leave everyone exhausted Some folks get a break, me I never got one I thought of you at night when I would drink too much If you thought about me too, you'd never try to get in touch Went back to school and I ran into some guys I knew We started up this band but we couldn't seem to get it through We got some gigs, eventually we lost that too Did you ever think that maybe if you're not happy it's because of you? And this, this is my life on the 4th of July It isn't much but at least it's mine Mine... I got a job selling ads for magazines At night when I would play I would think about her constantly Everything I loved, it somehow got away from me And suicide, I talked about it openly I finally quit, or maybe I got fired, I don't know Doesn't matter just as long as it happened, though Added up the fears and doubts I'd been living with Songs of lightning bugs, and school, and work, and all that sh** This, this is my life on the 4th of July It isn't much, but at least it's mine Mine... I lost a girl sometime and a couple friends Small talking parties, I never could stomach it I'm old enough to say 'I remember when' But I don't have the time for your nostalgia or your criticisms You live and learn, me well I learned to let go Of parents and bosses and people who don't want you to grow I think that anything you want to, you can do And no one's gonna tell me just who the hell I should sing to This, this is my life on the 4th of July It isn't much but at least it's mine At least it's mine This is mine and nothing and nobody's ever gonna take this away It the blueprint of your life It's the end result It's the end result It's the journey