Well she seemed all right by dawns early light
  Though she looked a little worried and week
  She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again
  But daddy left the proof on her cheek
  And I was only eight years old that summer
  And I always seemed to be in the way
  So I took myself down to the fair in town
  On Independence Day
  
  Well word gets around in a small, small town
  They said he was a dangerous man
  But mama was proud and she stood her ground
  She knew she was on the losin' end
  Some folks whispered and some folks talked
  But everybody looked the other way
  And when time ran out there was no one about
  On Independence Day
  
  Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing
  Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
  Let the week be strong, let the right be wrong
  Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay it's Independence Day
  
  Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July
  By the time that the firemen come
  They just put out the flames, and took down some names
  And sent me to the county home
  Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong
  But maybe its the only way
  Talk about your revolution
  It's Independence Day
  
  Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing
  Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
  Let the week be strong, let the right be wrong
  Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay it's Independence Day
  Roll the stone away
  It's Independence day