4th of July

Album: Put the "O" Back in Country (2005)
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  • Alone with the morning burnin' red
    On the canvas in my head
    Painting a picture of you and me
    Driving across country
    In a dusty old RV
    Just the road and it's majesty
    And I'm lookin' at you with the world in the rear-view

    You were pretty as can be sittin' in the front seat
    Lookin' at me, tellin' me you love me
    And you're happy to be with me on the Fourth of July
    We sang "Stranglehold" 'til stereo
    Couldn't take no more of that rock 'n' roll
    So we put on a little George Jones and just sang along

    Those white lines can drone into the sun
    If you ain't got no one to keep you hangin' on
    But there you were like a queen in your night gown
    Ridin' shotgun from town to town
    Staking a claim on the world we found

    And I'm singin' to you, you're singin' to me
    You were out of the blue to a boy like me

    You were pretty as can be sittin' in the front seat
    Lookin' at me, tellin' me you love me
    And you're happy to be with me on the Fourth of July
    We sang "Stranglehold" 'til stereo
    Couldn't take no more of that rock 'n' roll
    So we put on a little George Jones and just sang along
    Sang along

    And I'm lookin' for you and the silence that we shared

    You were pretty as can be sittin' in the front seat
    Lookin' at me, tellin' me you love me
    And you're happy to be with me on the Fourth of July
    We sang "Stranglehold" 'til stereo
    Couldn't take no more of that rock 'n' roll
    So we put on a little George Jones and just sang along
    Sang along

    He stopped loving her today
    They placed a wreath upon his door
    Soon they'll carry him away
    But he stopped loving her today

    (When, when do you, when, when we don't get paid for this you're right) Writer/s: Waylon Albright Jennings
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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