Today\'s the Fourth of July
Another June has gone by
And when they light up our town I just think
What a waste of gun powder and sky

I\'m certain I am alone
In harboring thoughts of our home
It\'s one of my faults that I can\'t quell my past
I ought to have gotten it gone
Ought to have gotten it...

Oh baby, I wonder if when you are older
Someday
You\'ll wake up and say "My God I should\'ve told her
What would it take
But now here I am and the world\'s gotten colder
And she\'s got the river down which I sold her"

So that\'s today\'s memory lane
With all of the pathos and pain
Another chapter in a book
Where the chapters are endless and they\'re always the same
A verse, then a verse and refrain

Oh baby, I wonder if when you are older
Someday
You\'ll wake up and say "My God I should\'ve told her
What would it take
But now here I am and the world\'s gotten colder
And she\'s got the river down which I sold her
She\'s got the river down which I sold her"