Category: Sweet
Song: “Happy Independence Day”
Behind the Song
We didn’t brave the crowds at our town’s 4th of July Parade this year. Maybe next year once the kids get the vaccine.
So we threw a parade in our backyard. I improvised this song as we marched, then added a few stanzas today.
It’s a light, celebratory, hopeful kind of 4th of July song.
Lyrics
Happy fourth of July, let your rocket fly. Hear the freedom ring as we say, Happy, happy Independence Day, Happy, happy Independence Day. Happy fourth of July, raise your flag up high. Watch the colors dance about and play. Happy, happy Independence Day, Happy, happy Independence Day. Happy fourth of July, hold your head up high. As we widen freedom's mighty way. Happy, happy Independence Day, Happy, happy Independence Day.
Song: “I Dreamt of Superman”
I have received a lot of Superman birthday cards over the years, probably close to two dozen. And that’s fine with me.
My friends and family know I was a passionate lover of superheroes in my boyhood, and Superman was “the key, the granddaddy of them all.”
Why?
He is powerful, yes.
He is good, yes.
And he is full of purpose.
Lyrics
I dreamt of Superman again last night,
he was flying through a pale blue morning sky.
The rising sun set fire to the 'S' upon his chest,
and struck a searching glint from his eye.
Where are you flying to, Man of Steel?
Who needs saving today?
The Last Son of Krypton bursts from the earth,
blazing the hero's golden way.
Now I'm not a hero, I can barely help myself;
I never mastered any martial art.
But when I think of his enduring toil, with no thought of earning spoil,
a flicker ignites my frozen heart.
Where are you flying to, Man of Steel?
Who needs saving today?
The Last Son of Krypton bursts from the earth,
blazing the hero's golden way.
Maybe we've got heroes hiding in our breast,
brave like the man with the high red boots.
Maybe we can fly with our feet upon the ground,
and inspire in our ordinary suits.
Where are you flying to, Man of Steel?
Who needs saving today?
The Last Son of Krypton bursts from the earth,
blazing the hero's golden way.
