作词 : Gretchen Peters
作曲 : Gretchen Peters
  Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light 
 Though she looked a little worried and weak 
 She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again 
 But Daddy'd left the proof on her cheek 
 And I was only eight years old that summer 
 And I always seemed to be in the way 
 So I took myself down to the fair in town 
 On Independence Day 
 
 Well word gets around in a small, small town 
 They said he was a dangerous man 
 Mama was proud and she stood her ground 
 But she knew she was on the losin' end 
 Some folks whispered and some just talked 
 But everybody looked the other way 
 And when time ran out there was no one about 
 On Independence Day 
 
 Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing 
 Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning 
 Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong 
 Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay 
 It's Independence Day 
 
 Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July 
 By the time that the firemen come 
 They just put out the flames, took down some names 
 And sent me to the county home 
 Oh, and I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong 
 But maybe it's the only way 
 Talk about your revolution 
 It's Independence Day 
 
 Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing 
 Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning 
 Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong 
 Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay 
 It's Independence Day