Fourth of July - Darlingside

'all roads run from this one'

Said a buckled up seat on the bus

But we chuckled off at the next stop

And nobody came after us

We blinked at our freedom

Took a right at a no-turn-on-red

When we were younger we never got older

We laid on the breaks then sped

By the swallowed up barns

Past the farms and the big fields

The sun comin' up in our eyes

Days were blackbirds charging up on a wire

Nights were the fourth of july!

Somebody said 'out there

In the hole there’s a miracle cure'

While they rattled off all the side-effect scripture

We dressed up and fell off the earth

Into satellite lanes

Past the plains and the great lakes

The wool pulled down over our eyes

Days were blackbirds charging up on a wire

Nights were fast-forward rewind

Nickels in the fountains

And the lobbies among the downtowns

We sleep next to monsters we’re hopin' to kill

When the glory days come back around

And we find our old movies

On the floor of the attic

The scenes shuffle by in our eyes

Days are blackbirds charging up on a wire

Night are the rest of our lives