What we wanted was: chain lightning

What we wanted was: 8 miles high

What we wanted  was: free fall & our turn to fly

What we wanted  was: more fireworks

everlasting 4th of July

What we wanted  was: more stars in a bluer sky

 

All we wanted was something worth it

worth the labour, worth the wait

Then they take you up to the mountain

you see too late.

  In the middle of a good time  

Truth gave me her icy kiss  

Look around, you must be joking  

All that way, all that for this

 

What we wanted  was: consolation

the band of strangers, help for pain

What we wanted was: to be sure

no friends were lost in vain

What we wanted was: aggravation

a good cause and a bigger row

What we wanted  was: the whole plantation,

now, now, now

 

All we wanted was something worth it

worth the labour, worth the wait

Then they take you up to the mountain

you see too late.

 

  In the middle of a good time  

Truth gave me her icy kiss  

Look around, you must be joking  

All that way, all that for this

What we wanted was: rhyme and reason

what we wanted was: another way

what we get is: a tinpot heaven, & we're too drunk to pray

What we get is: the old machinery

grinding on in the same old way

What we need is the sweet republic

- roll on Independence Day

  In the middle of a good time  

Truth gave me her icy kiss  

Look around, you must be joking  

All that way, all that for this

 

  In the middle of a good time  

Truth gave me her icy kiss  

Look around, you must be joking  

All that way, all that for this