I love the 4th of July. Especially in small American towns. I suspect, in a way it’s like it used to be - people getting together to eat and drink and be merry. And to get patriotic for a moment - hopefully. At least during the fireworks :]

(I am always amazed how much most guys enjoy firing a bunch of colorful explosives up into the air for no other purpose but to awe, inspire and shake up the spectators. Well, and to make reference to “bombs bursting in air”.)

I get all weak in the knees- I can’t help but think of the explosions we heard from the basements of our apartment buildings where we used to “hide” during air-raids (and mind you, I didn’t experience 10% of what some people in Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina had gone through). I think of all the explosives used as I write this to take lives of ordinary people - like you and me. I get all mushy, I tear up, and I thank God I live in this country that’s free.

And I am not only talking about physical freedom. To me, American freedom is the freedom of spirit, of expression, of religion, of being able to be who ever you aspire to be without fear and social binds.

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AMERICA, AMERICA
Words and Music by Tajci. Inspired by America the Beautiful.

ALL THE PEOPLE IN THEIR CARS / HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, PRICE OF GAS / SMOG ALERT, MORNING HAZE / SUITS AND HIGH HEELS IN A MAZE

HIGH FRUCTOSE SYRUP MADE OUT OF CORN / HORMONE INFUSED STEAK SIRLOIN / MICROWAVE, FAST FOOD / MIRACLE GROW, SUPER DUPER BLOOM

AMERICA, AMERICA GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE

42 INCH HD TV / COUNTLESS HOURS DISAPPEAR / BOOKLESS BOOKSHELVES, PICTURE FRAMES / SMILING FACES WITH NO NAMES

PASSWORDS, KEYWORDS, AND IDs / LIFE SEEPING THROUGH USBs / TEXTING, TALKING THROUGH BLUE TOOTH / EVERY DAY SOMETHING NEW

AMERICA, AMERICA GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE

BACKROAD DINNERS, COUNTRY STORES / FIREWORKS AND CAMPFIRE SMORES / STARS IN THE ARIZONA DARK / STRAWBERRY FIELDS IN CENTRAL PARK

HOPES AND DREAMS AT WHITE FOAMED SEA / TURNING THOUGHTS INTO REALITY / LEMONADE STANDS, LIVING ON FRONT PORCH / LADY LIBERTY STILL HOLDS HER TORCH

SO CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA.

Copyright 2007 Tajko Music, BMI (Cameron Productions)