I will roll down the windows and I'll set you free
Walk up to you at the church off Cumberland Street
Oh and soon I will see you on the enemy line
I'll be leavin "˜round noon on the 4th of July
Tennessee in January it ain't been good to me
Why do they bring me down?
I've burned a hole in my wallet buying pills so I can sleep
I'm still wide awake cause I've been leaving town
As I fall in line, assume my time, it will just sit upon my lap
Like the bottom and the back of my guitar
I will raise that flag up from the ashes
Wrap it "˜round my neck
Show it some respect when I'm gone
I will roll down the windows and I'll set you free
Walk up to you at the church off Cumberland Street
Oh and soon I will see you on the enemy line
I'll be leavin "˜round noon on the 4th of July
As I polish off these leather boots
And I will light up one more smoke with you
Before they send me off to fight the war
I will lay my body down for you as I kiss my wife alone be I go
And I lay it all across my floor
As I fall in line, assume my time, it will just sit upon my lap
Like the bottom and the back of my guitar
I will raise that flag up from the ashes
Wrap it "˜round my neck
Show it some respect when I'm gone
I will roll down the windows and I'll set you free
Walk up to you at the church off Cumberland Street
Oh and soon I will see you on the enemy line
I'll be leavin "˜round noon on the 4th of July
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I'll be leavin "˜round noon on the 4th of July
I will roll down the windows and I'll set you free
Walk up to you at the church off Cumberland Street
Oh and soon I will see you on the enemy line
I'll be leavin "˜round noon on the 4th of July (x2)
I'll be leavin' round noon on the 4th of July (x2)