Verse 1
Meadowlark crooning on the brown barb wire
Hay fields shimmering in the summer heat
Old dog trotting down a farm house road
Happy with the dirt underneath his feet
Sparkle of sun through the canopy
Of the trees slowly rolling by
Beaming like a thousand front porch lights
On the fourth day of this warm July
Flash of yellow ribbon every mile or so
A sign to remind me along the way
Of other kindred souls who’ve come
Down this long road home to Independence Day

Chorus
America, don’t you cry
Got to get the fire back in your eye
The flame you sparked will never die
Where freedom’s embers lay
From the ashes of compromise
The truth will rise up by and by
So carry on with you head held high
Down the long road home to Independence Day

Verse 2
The stars will fall out on the lake tonight
And you’ll find me there along the shore
Together we’ll sing out the anthem song
We have sung so many times before
While the band plays on I will take your hand
And well dance the fading night away
And lift a glass to our return
Down this long road home to Independence Day

(repeat chorus)

Verse 3
Turn off the blacktop by the big barn sign
See Rock City in shades of gray
Got a feeling all I need has been waiting there
Down this long road home to Independence Day

(repeat chorus)