
Date of issue: 05.06.1980
Song language: English
Born on the Fourth of July |
Marchin', I hear marchin' |
Outside my window in the rain |
I play checkers, I’m sick of checkers |
I’m sick of pain |
Marchin', I hear marchin' |
Outside my window in the rain |
I play checkers, I’m sick of checkers |
I’m sick of pain, I’m sick of pain |
Mondays, every Monday, sees my hollow eyes |
I liked Hank Williams, he died, Hank Williams |
I’m still alive, I’m still alive |
Blood red and blue, your flags on view |
Ticker tape rains on Fifth Avenue |
Some colored kid will shine your shoes |
Some orphan screams in a chow line queue |
For the whitewash and the tar brush don’t lie |
Hey lucky, you to be born on the fourth of July |
Callin' storm, warnings callin' |
From Calvary to Bunker Hill |
Pontius Pilate turned the tarot |
And the reaper killed and the reaper killed |
Glory wave, old glory |
Sand Creek to Gettysburgh |
From Andrew Jackson to Richard Nixon |
For the brave new world, for the brave new world |
It’s last request for protest time |
Some long haired kid on the subway line |
With a beaten guitar and a lot of time |
We shall overcome, well we never shall |
It’s flags on lapels and faded decals |
Max Yasga and puka shells |
Dungarees and dying causes |
Body bags and pregnant pauses |
Day glow poster of Joan Baez |
Meditating, dating, yoga and EST |
Bells and flowers and beads of incense |
Well, none of that nuts makes any sense |
For the whitewash and the tar brush don’t lie |
Hey lucky, you to be born on the fourth of July |
Name | Year |
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Approaching Armageddon | 1980 |
Lover's Cross | 1980 |
Blitz Babies | 1980 |
Valley Nights | 1980 |
Love (The Barren Desert) | 1980 |