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[Verse 1]
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It's nothing that you did, you gotta understand
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You're taking it too fast, it's going way too fast
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It's nothing that you did, it's not the color of your skin
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The one thing you should know, you gotta take it slow
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What they call the shifting of the sands I see as your demands
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When you change you can't ignore
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What things are and were before

[Chorus 1]
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My family has been here for generations
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And now I have two children of my own
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And I knew that I would stay here, always knew I'd stay here
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It's not a new world that you found
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It's just a little town

[Verse 2]
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Everybody knows who was born and raised here
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The mayor is my friend, I've known him all my life
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Each year he and I plan the Fourth of July
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So why'd he ask you too? You, especially you?
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He said this town, for all its pride, it's been dying from inside
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And we've got to find our way
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We'll start with Independence Day

[Chorus 2]
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And as the fireworks came up above the mountain
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I saw you put your hand up to your heart
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And I saw the mayor watching, knew my kids were watching
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Hope that I would come around
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Big parade, little town

[Bridge]

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Now the months come after months and every Fourth of July
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We help our children putting all the flags on the line
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Up and down the Main Street, every country that we're from
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Like the mayor always wanted
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He's been gone for seven years now

[Verse 3]
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It's quiet by the lake, walking with our dogs
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How long has it been, oh it's been a long time now
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We talk about this town, you're the mayor of it now
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They're all moving here, everyone comes here
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We like to say we don't get out that much
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'Cause the whole world comes to us
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We can't blame them now, we say, we are just a little great
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And you know that I'm not proud
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Those things I dared to say out loud
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But you wave it all away, my friend, you wave it all away

[Chorus 3]
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But my kids, they went off in all directions
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And I know it's thanks to you they have returned
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They have all this understanding, all this understanding
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They have been the world around
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And they came back to our little town

[Outro]
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