4th Of July Lyrics by Ani DiFranco

4th Of July Lyrics

    you gotta have the right tools
    for every job
    so I invite myself in
    through a hole in the fence
    I am tripping through the junkyard
    scanning over the piles
    the thin cats raise their skin in defense
    I know he's watching me
    I can see him through the cracks
    his eyes are small and shy on my back
    he says his name is jason
    he lives in the last trailer on the right
    and he'll be seven
    on the fourth of july

    only the people who live here
    know the name of this place
    my path through iowa would be
    hard to trace
    all the adults in this town
    try not to frown
    when I walk by
    but jason smiled at me
    he met my eye

    he don't ask me
    where I'm from
    or why I came
    here alone
    we all go looking for paradise
    then we go back home
    we cut out the small talk
    go right to the way things are
    he showed me his squirrel skull
    I told him I locked myself out of my car

    so there goes the only friend
    I have in iowa
    his hand flapping behind him
    waving good-bye
    his name is jason
    he lives in the last trailer on the right
    and he'll be seven
    on the fourth of july

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