There's a battleship parked in the river 
Reenacting open doors, open arms, then open fire 
There are mushroom clouds and machine-gunned copters descending 
In the snap crackle pop fizzle of the fireworks 
As they blast into the night air breathed in by innumerable passengers 
Screaming "We Are Number One."
Independence Day, our freedom is won 
To choose our own way, when to go, what's to come 
But with each tie we break, there is sacrifice 
How many lives will it take ? How many loves just must die
There's a man I just met, he hasn't kissed me yet 
He reminds me of someone else, only better 
But I'm made out Of wax, so easy to impress 
Am I melting too fast, dripping into your lips 
Because all my heroes have turned human this year 
Slinking 'round pool tables, sinking into unfabled stupors 
Whispering in the night air or into some girl's hair 
"I Am Number One."
There's a battleship parked in the Charles River 
Shooting off fireworks that light up the world 
Then fall in the water 
My love's next to me, head full of the next century 
And wondering whether there'll be a wedding tomorrow 
And the secret smoke signals 
In the aftermath of gunpowder 
Seem the most significant indication of what's to come