She's waitin' for me When I get home from work Oh, but things ain't just the same She turns out the light And cries in the dark Won't answer when I call her name
On the stairs I smoke a Cigarette alone Mexican kids are shootin' Fireworks below Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July
She gives me her cheek When I want her lips But I don't have the strength to go On the lost side of town In a dark apartment We gave up trying so long ago
On the stairs I smoke a Cigarette alone Mexican kids are shootin' Fireworks below Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July
What ever happened I Apologize So dry your tears and baby Walk outside, it's the Fourth of July
On the stairs I smoke a Cigarette alone Mexican kids are shootin' Fireworks below Hey baby, it's the Fourth of July Hey baby, Baby take a walk outside
There are men lost in jail Crowded fifty to a room There's too many rats in this cage of the world And the women know their place They sit home and write letters And when they visit once a year Well they both just sit there and stare See how we are Gotta keep bars in between us See how we are We only sing about it once in every twenty years See how we are Oh see how we are Now there are seven kinds of Coke 500 kinds of cigarettes This freedom of choice in the USA drives everybody crazy But in Acapulco Well they don't give a damn About kids selling Chiclets with no shoes on their feet See how we are "Hey man, Whats in it for me?" See how we are We only sing about it once in every twenty years See how we are Oh see how we are Now that highway's coming through So you all gotta move This bottom rung ain't no fun at all No fires and rockhouses and grape-flavored rat poison They are the new trinity For this so-called community See how we are Gotta keep bars on all of our windows See how we are We only sing about it once in every twenty years See how we are Oh see how we are Well this morning the alarm rang at noon And I'm trying to write this letter to you About how much I care and why I just can't be there To draw your bath and comb...and comb your hair Last night in a nightspot Where things aren't so hot My friend said, "I met a boy and I'm in love" I said, "Oh really... What's this one's name?" She said, "His first name is Homeboy" I said "Could his last name be Trouble?" See how we are Ah Homeboy... Isn't that a Mexican name? See how we are We only sing about it once in every twenty years See how we are Oh see how we are Yeah see how we are
they can't go to sleep at four the car is parked outside the door scars of a knife on his arm her husband knows they're together
riding with Mary protection to pass riding with mary protecting immaculate love
rows of numbered doors behind the car warms up the street is clear and empty and green with lights they talk and never stop moving he's sounding her name in his head she's falling asleep next to his face her sister's getting married today and the saints of Easter smile
riding with Mary protection to pass riding with mary protecting immaculate love
on the dashboard rides a figurine a powerless sweet forgotten thing so the next time you see a statue of Mary remember my sister was in a car
riding with Mary protection to pass riding with mary protecting immaculate love
