Independence Day-Martina McBride

[00:01.42]Martina Mcbride - Independence Day [00:03.48] [00:05.43] [00:07.16] [00:08.53]Well she seemed all right by dawns early light [00:13.00]Though she looked a little worried and weak [00:17.15]She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again [00:21.62]But daddy left the proof on her cheek [00:23.87] [00:25.58]And I was only eight years old that summer [00:29.25]And I always seemed to be in the way [00:33.30]So I took myself down to the fair in town [00:37.39]On Independence Day [00:40.18] [00:47.65]Well word gets around in a small, small town [00:51.71]They said he was a dangerous man [00:55.78]But mama was proud and she stood her ground [00:59.76]She knew she was on the losin' end [01:03.99]Some folks whispered and some folks talked [01:07.64]But everybody looked the other way [01:12.46]And when time ran out there was no one about [01:15.93]On Independence Day [01:19.20] [01:20.71]Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing [01:29.69]Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning [01:37.10]Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong [01:44.95]Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay it's Independence Day [01:53.06] [01:58.15]Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July [02:02.59]By the time that the firemen come [02:06.65]They just put out the flames, [02:08.59]and took down some names [02:10.73]And sent me to the county home [02:13.44] [02:14.84]Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong [02:18.87]But maybe it's the only way [02:23.07]Talk about your revolution [02:27.09]It's Independence Day [02:30.48] [02:31.66]Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing [02:40.69]Let the whole world know [02:42.70]that today is a day of reckoning [02:47.88]Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong [02:55.96]Roll the stone away, [02:58.32]let the guilty pay it's Independence Day [03:04.12]Roll the stone away [03:08.17]It's Independence day [03:14.00] [03:15.73]