We were freedom 'til we weren't

We were red, white, and blue jean dirt

We were love so hard, it hurt

Now only the hurt's still hangin' 'round here

I don't hate it lookin' back

I still see your suntan Ray-Ban laugh

Underneath my American flag

Now we're stuck in a Chevy rearview mirror

When my speakers burn out like roman candles

Empty cooler like my whiskey handle

I got the red, white, and blues

and a handful of pride, pride

I still want you, but that ain't what matters

I'm still waiting on the evening after

Where all's quiet and a firecracker sky, sky

On the 5th of July

On the 5th of July

Did you make it out to Cali, chasing better sunsets?

Is there a little piece of us still there in your chest?

Are you making out to Petty and the Beachwood sparks

While I'm holding all the ashes and a sunburned heart?

And my speakers burn out like roman candles

Empty cooler like my whiskey handle

I got the red, white and blues

and a handful of pride, pride

I still want you, but that ain't what matters

I'm still waiting on the evening after

Where all's quiet and a firecracker sky, sky

On the 5th of July

Fireflies on the 5th of July

Lighting up the dark with your red taillights

Firefly on the 5th of July

And my speakers burn out like roman candles (Roman candles)

Empty cooler like my whiskey handle

I got the red, white and blues

and a handful of pride, pride (Pride)

I still want you

but that ain't what matters (Ain't what matters)

I'm still waiting on the evening after (Evening after)

All's quiet and a firecracker sky, sky

On the 5th of July (On the 5th of July)

On the 5th of July (On the 5th of July)

On the 5th of July

(Firefly on the 5th of July)

(Lighting up the dark with your red taillights)

On the 5th of July