Stars and Stripes on Independence Day

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Let Freedom ring, let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay
It’s Independence Day
Independence Day, Martina McBride
A blonde bikini model shows her patriotic spirit with a red, white and blue American flag bikini on the 4th of July. The bikini top is white stars on a blue field. The bottom is red and white stripes. Sunglasses cut down the glare.
Today’s youtube features the song Independence Day by Martina McBride.This song was originally recorded for her 1993 album The Way That I Am. It was released as a single in 1994 and hit #12. The songwriter is Gretchen Peters.
This is the original recording and black and white music video. This video won many awards and generated great controversy over the depiction of domestic violence.
Here is Martina singing the song on the Today Show in New York City.
Martina McBride: INDEPENDENCE DAY
Well she seemed all right by dawn’s early light
Though she looked a little worried and weak
She tried to pretend he wasn’t drinkin’ again
But Daddy left the proof on her cheek
I was only eight years old that summer
And I always seemed to be in the way
So I took myself down to the fair in town
On Independence Day
Well word gets around in a small, small town
They said he was a dangerous man
But Mama was proud and she stood her ground
Though she knew she was on the losin’ end
Now some folks whispered some folks talked
But everybody looked the other way
When time ran out there was no one about
On Independence Day
CHORUS:
Let Freedom ring, let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay
It’s Independence Day
Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July
By the time that the firemen come
They just put out the flames
and took down some names
And sent me to the county home
Now I ain’t sayin’ it’s right or it’s wrong
But maybe it’s the only way
Talk about your revolution
It’s Independence Day
Let Freedom ring, let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay
It’s Independence Day
Roll the stone away
It’s Independence Day
