we drove the car to the top of the parking ramp
on the 4th of july
we sat out on the hood with a couple of warm beers and watched

the fireworks
explode in the sky
and there was an exodus of birds from the trees

but they didnt know, we were only pretending
and the people all looked up, and were pleased
and the birds flew around like the whole world was ending

and i don't think war is noble
and i don't like to think that love is like war
and i gotta big hot cherry bomb, and i want to slip it through

the mail slot
of your front door


don't leave me here
i've got your back now
you'd better have mine

cause you say the coast is clear
but you say that all the time


so many sheep i quit counting
sleepless and embarrassed about the way that i feel
trying to make mole hills out of mountains

building base camp at the bottom of a really big deal
and did i tell you how i stopped eating?
when you stopped calling me

and i was cramped up %#@!ting rivers for weeks
and pretending that i was finally free


don't leave me here
now that your back
you'd better stay this time

cause you say the coast is clear
but you say that all the time


we drove the car to the top of the parking ramp,
on the 4th of july
and i planted my dusty boots on the bumper and sat out on the

hood,
and looked up at the sky