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On the fourth of July we drove down to Montana
Drank a bottle of rye sittin at the border
Whiskey all night and Maalox in the morning
Watched crows eating breakfast on dead dogs in Browning

And if drinking don't kill me
Her memory will
Sung by George Jones
Twelve times in a row

On the fourth of July we drove down to Montana
In a field fulla fireworks a kid shot us with a Roman candle
Ducking and weaving for cover we ran
Feeling just like two soldiers in Vietnam
But I guess I don't really know
Cause I was too young to go
And anyway
I am a Canadian

On the fourth of July we drove down to Montana
Took more'n a day to get loaded on pissy American beer
Then I passed out on the roof of a metal shed
With fevered dreams burning in my head
And I dreamed the moon wept gasoline tears
And I dreamed Baghdad was on fire
While the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
sang like lusty Greek Gods

And children were devoured by packs of roaming dogs
And grotesque naked men with good old American know-how
Were sucking on the teat of a dying golden sow
Fourth of July and the sky is filled with fire
Illuminating a bloody coagulated quagmire
Fourth of July and I don't wanna die
When stars rain like rockets from the sky

I think I'll dig me a hole just about six feet deep
When the sky falls upon my chicken little fella's got a place to sleep
I think I'll dig me a hole just about six feet deep
When the sky falls upon my chicken little fella's got a place to sleep

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from Striving For A New Tomorrow, released April 1, 2006
David P. Smith - vocals, accordion
Scott Henderson - banjo, vocals
Mike Irwin - bass
Aaron Mogerman - drums,
Diona Davies - fiddle

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David P. Smith Victoria, British Columbia

David P. Smith is a songwriter accordionist and multidisciplinary artist who in the past 18 years has released six full length recordings, numerous ep’s, and led a variety of musical projects that have consistently defied convenient genre classifications. ... more

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