Sparks in the Dark
Verse 1
Dusty boots on a tailgate liner
Small-town cooking at the local diner
The sun’s sinking low down in the west
Putting on our Sunday, red-white-blue best
Kids running wild with sparklers in hand
Writing their names in the dirt and the sand
You can smell the charcoal and the fresh cut grass
Watching the parade of the years gone past.
Verse 2
Granddaddy’s sitting in his favorite lawn chair
Staring at the flag flying high in the air
He looks at the porch and he looks at the trees
Thinking 'bout the price of the air that we breathe
From the golden coasts to the mountain view
There’s a heartbeat regular, steady, and true
Yeah, we got our flaws and we got our fights
But we’re standing together under these county lights.
Pre-Chorus
So strike up the matches and hold your breath
For the land of the living and the home of the brave
Count it down from five, let the shadows break...
Chorus
And we are the sparks flying high in the dark!
Lighting up the sky from the town to the park!
Red, white, and beautiful, screaming out loud
Standing in the middle of a small-town crowd!
Yeah, the fire's gonna fall but the freedom remains
Washing over history and breaking the chains!
Oh, look up at the sky, let the colors ignite—
We are the heart of America tonight!
Verse 3
An old radio playing a classic rock song
Every single voice in the yard sings along
Don’t matter where you’re from or where you’ve been
Tonight we’re all family, tonight we're all kin
Underneath the canopy of stars and smoke
We find the truth in the words that our founders spoke.
Chorus
And we are the sparks flying high in the dark!
Lighting up the sky from the town to the park!
Red, white, and beautiful, screaming out loud
Standing in the middle of a small-town crowd!
Yeah, the fire's gonna fall but the freedom remains
Washing over history and breaking the chains!
Oh, look up at the sky, let the colors ignite—
We are the heart of America tonight!
Bridge
And when the smoke finally clears away...
And we wake up to another July morning day...
Remember the dream that we're keeping alive
The promise that helps every worker survive
From the rivers that run to the oceans that roar—
We’re lifting our voices to heaven once more!
Chorus
And we are the sparks flying high in the dark!
Lighting up the sky from the town to the park!
Red, white, and beautiful, screaming out loud
Standing in the middle of a small-town crowd!
Yeah, the fire's gonna fall but the freedom remains
Washing over history and breaking the chains!
Oh, look up at the sky, let the colors ignite—
We are the heart of America tonight!
Outro
Heart of America tonight...
Yeah, look up at the sky...
Red, white, and beautiful.
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