4th of July
from Puddle Dive by Ani DiFranco
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lyrics
you gotta have
the right tools
for every job
so invite myself in
through the hole
in the fence
i am tripping thru
the junkyard scanning over the piles
the thin cats raise their skin
in defense
i know he’s watching me
i can see him thru 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
he tells me he’ll be
7 on the 4th of july
only the people
who live here
know the name
of this place
my path thru 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 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
and got 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 goodbye
his name is jason
he lives on the last
trailer on the right
and he’ll be 7
on the 4th of july
the right tools
for every job
so invite myself in
through the hole
in the fence
i am tripping thru
the junkyard scanning over the piles
the thin cats raise their skin
in defense
i know he’s watching me
i can see him thru 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
he tells me he’ll be
7 on the 4th of july
only the people
who live here
know the name
of this place
my path thru 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 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
and got 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 goodbye
his name is jason
he lives on the last
trailer on the right
and he’ll be 7
on the 4th of july
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from Puddle Dive,
released February 14, 1993
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Ani DiFranco New Orleans, Louisiana
Grammy winner and feminist icon Ani DiFranco began her career as a proponent of the artist-run label, creating her own Righteous Babe Records in 1990. Since then she has released over twenty studio albums and supported a broad range of social causes including racial justice, reproductive rights, gender equality, environmental issues and prison reform. ... more
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