[I can't fault the guy who submitted the other version, its one way to do it I guess but I think this is more accurate] 4th of July/Aimee Mann capo up 3 frets Intro 2x Today's the 4th of July Another June has gone by And when they light up our town I just think What a waste of gunpowder and sky I'm certain I am alone In harbouring thoughts of our home It's one of my faults that I can't quell my past I ought to have gotten it gone I ought to have gotten it Ooh baby I wonder if when you are older some day you'll wake up and say "My God I should have told her what would it take? But now here I am and the world's gotten colder And she's got the river down which I sold her So that's today's memory lane With all the pathos and pain Another chapter in a book where the chapters are endless And they're always the same A verse and a verse and refrain [chorus] And she's got the river down which I sold her