Name: independence day
Duration: P00H03M12S
Description: I wrote this track in Rome... It's not really relevant to the content of the song, but it always reminds me of that dirty city.

independence day

from Secret In This Town by mark mathis

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I wrote this track in Rome... It's not really relevant to the content of the song, but it always reminds me of that dirty city.

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Keep it going - through the motions
coat your dry heart - with the lotion of the sense
you belong here, yeah, you were born here

open the window, let some light in
you've got some gifts that you've been hiding ever since
they didn't want you to be free

But you've been off your game - for quite a while
I'm gonna rattle your cage - I'm gonna rip the door right off
Who told you that - would you believe that it's a lie
I've set you free, it's independence day

Yeah I know it's Sunday, but why don't you sleep in
I've got some things that I want to speak to you again
Like you were younger, my how I treasured those days

You thought you lost it, and that I left you
stand up and face it, you know that just isn't true
your name is always on my mind

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from Secret In This Town, released November 11, 2009

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