Every fourth of July You ride the red blue and white Blinking lights Of a flight streaming broad stripes Over the horizon line And by the diamonds of Orion's belt And through the threads of the archers bow You're rocketing across the cosmos Watching TV from a cheap seat, leaving me to get back home
Oh how will I ever get these stars Out of my eyes for you? Oh how will I ever get these stars Out of my eyes for you? I keep you as a dream to pass the time and forget
And down here on the ground I am missing you in a crowd Celebrating the wars And the fats and the creams of our freedom Sparks are dripping down the sky Like dazzling dahlia petals I'll try to decorate my darkness With these victory metals But when the dust all settles, Something in me just don't sit right
Oh how will I ever get these stars Out of my eyes for you? I keep you as a dream to fill my mind And forget
Oh America the beaut, You're a brute! Orchestrating parades for the liars (lyres) and the loots (lutes) But I want more in my hand than candy I want more in my head than a fantasy
Oh how will I ever get these stars Out of my eyes for you? I keep you as a dream to pass the time
I didn't get to hold you quite as tight as I like Making our heartbeat music through the night And waking up with laughter Fanfares for the morning after
The sweetest kind of love keeps bringing life back to life But all I see are the blood red flags in the sky For the reason we have gathered And I'm tired of feeling torn and tattered
They say that this country is for the strong and the brave But I'm crying like a child over a spilled Milky way Leading you away
Oh how will I ever get these stars Out of my eyes for you? Oh how will I ever get these stars Out of my eyes for you? I keep you as a dream to pass the time and Forget
THE RIVER
The river glows silver
Slipping over the stones
I am listening to the thunder
Throwing timber on the road
I am looking out over the water
Bats are flying
They are diving for bugs
Living in a world of echoes, instead of love
I am one of them
Wondering
'Who will be my man?'
See, there's the butcher,
The baker,
The candlestick maker
So many tasty flavors,
Oh, How can I decide?!
I'm hungry for forever now
But no one's by my side
I'm hungry for forever now
But forever takes its time
Dark clouds tonight
Not many stars up in the sky
But I am watching the circling of
one solitary satellite
Going over the river
The river glows silver
Slipping over the stones
Still, I am wrestling with devils
That I have always known
Oh I'm hungry for forever now
But no one's by my side
I'm hungry for forever now
But forever takes its time
See, there's the butcher,
The baker,
The candlestick maker
So many tasty flavors,
Oh, How can I decide?
There's a farmer, he's quite the charmer
The guy from the tattoo parlor
The banker and the barber
How can I decide ??
Oh I'm hungry for forever now
But no one's by my side
I'm hungry for forever now
But forever takes its time
The river is glistening like the fins of silver fishes And I am wishing all my wishing would just wash away....