[Intro]

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We heard the f

ireworks

Rushed out to 

watch the sky
           
Happy-go-lucky

  
, Fourth of Ju

ly

[Chorus 1]


How can you li

ve in the Nort

heast?

How can you live in the South?

How can you build on the banks of a river

When the floodwater pours from the mouth?


How can you be

 a Christian?

How can you be a Jew?

How can you be a Mulsim, a Buddhist, a Hindu?

How can you?

[Verse 2]

             
Weak as the wi

          
nter sun, we e

nter life on e

arth
           
Names and reli

          
gion come just

 after date of

 birth
    
And everybody 

gets a tongue 

to speak
    
And everyone h

ears an inner 

voice
           
A day at the e

              
nd of the week

             
 to   wonder a

            
nd rejoice
              
If the answer 

            
is infinite li

           
ght, why do we

              
 sleep in the 


dark?

[Chorus 2]


How can you li

ve in Northeas

t?

How can you live the South?

How can you build on the banks of a river

When the floodwater pours from the mouth?


How can you ta

ttoo your body

?

Why do you cover your head?

How can you eat from a rice bowl?

The holy man only breaks bread

[Link 1]

        
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[Verse 3]

             
We watched the

           
 fireworks til

l they were fi

reflies
           
Followed a pat

           
h of stars ove

r the endless 

skies

[Link 2]

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[Chorus 3]


How can you li

ve in the Nort

heast?

How can you live in the South?

How can you build on the banks of a river

When the floodwater pours from the mouth?

[Link 3]

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[Outro]


I’ve been give

n all I wanted

Only three generations off the boat

I have harvested and I have planted

I am wearing my father’s old coat

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