Independence Day Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen

Independence Day

Well Papa go to bed now its getting late
Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now
Ill be leaving in the morning from St. Marys Gate
We wouldnt change this thing even if we could somehow
Cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us
Theres a darkness in this town thats got us too
But they cant touch me now
And you cant touch me now
They aint gonna do to me
What I watched them do to you

So say goodbye its Independence Day
Its Independence Day
All down the line
Just say goodbye its Independence Day
Its Independence Day this time

Now I dont know what it always was with us
We chose the words, and yeah, we drew the lines
There was just no way this house could hold the two of us
I guess that we were just too much of the same kind

Well say goodbye its Independence Day
Its Independence Day all boys must run away
So say goodbye its Independence Day
All men must make their way come Independence Day

Now the rooms are all empty down at Frankies joint
And the highway shes deserted clear down to Breakers Point
Theres a lot of people leaving town now
leaving their friends, their homes
At night they walk that dark and dusty highway all alone

Well Papa go to bed now, its getting late
Nothing we can say can change anything now
Because theres just different people coming down here now and they see things in different ways
And soon everything weve known will just be swept away

So say goodbye its Independence Day
Papa now I know the things you wanted that you could not say
But wont you just say goodbye its Independence Day
I swear I never meant to take those things away