Capo 2 She was on fire and wild and American She burns it out probably just because she can And if I had a dollar for every thing I should've said I'd prolly still be busted, I would throw it all away again The lightening 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 guessin' 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 tried 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, evetually we lost that too Did you ever think that 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 [ ] I got a job selling ads for magazines At night when I would play, I'd 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 It doesn't matter just as long as it happened though Added up the fears and the doubts I've been living with Songs of lightening bugs, school, work, and all that shit And this, this is my life On the 4th of July It isn't much, but at least it's mine [ ] I lost a girl sometime and a couple friends Small talk at parties I never could stomach it I'm old enough to say that I remember when But I dont have the time for your nastalgia or your crisitisms You live and learn, me, well I learned to let go 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 is going to tell me just who the hell I should sing to And this, this is my life On the 4th of July It isn't much, but at least it's mine (x2)