Lyrics Independence Day (Live at Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ - 11/24/1996) - Bruce Springsteen

Well, Papa go to bed now it's getting late
Ain't nothing we can say can change anything, no
I'll be leaving in the morning from St. Mary's Gate
We wouldn't change this thing even if we could somehow

'Cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us
Yeah, there's a darkness in this town that's got us too
They can't touch me now
You can't touch me now
They ain't gonna do to me
Watched them do to you

So, say goodbye, it's Independence Day
It's Independence Day
All down, all the line
Just say goodbye, it's Independence Day
It's Independence Day for me this time

When I don't know just what it always was with us
And we chose the words, and yeah, we drew the lines
We'll there was just no way this house could hold the two of us
I guess that we were just too much of the same kind

Well say goodbye, it's Independence Day
All boys must run away, come Independence Day
So, say goodbye, it's Independence Day
All men must make their way, come Independence Day

Now, the rooms are all empty down at Frankie's joint
And the highway she's deserted clear down to Breaker's Point
There's a lot of people leaving town now
Leaving their friends, their homes
At night they walk that dark and dusty highway all alone

Papa go to bed now, it's getting late
Ain't nothing we can say can change anything, no
There's just different people coming down here now and they see things in different ways
And soon everything we've known will just be swept away

So, say goodbye, it's Independence Day
Papa now I know the things you wanted that you could not say
But just say goodbye, it's Independence Day
I swear I never meant to take those things away