[Verse 1] Mama left the skillet warm Flag porch waving in dawn Daddy said, "Girl, keep your chin held high" While the fireworks rolled on Potluck pies and sweet tea smoke Cornbread brown and ribs on coals I been bruised but I still sing For the hearts that hold this home [Pre-Chorus] Hear that echo down the street Hear that thank you in each beat We been down, we been low Still that freedom spirit grows [Chorus] Fourth of July gospel Lift it up, lift it up Fourth of July gospel Fill the glass, raise it up (come on now) Fourth of July gospel Let it ring, let it ring For the heroes in our story I still got a song to bring [Verse 2] Granny stirred that peach cobbler Hands like oak and eyes like flame She said, "Baby, bless the ones in boots" Call their brave and working names Sergeant Davis, Corporal Green Captains lost and those come home Steel mill hands and coal mine hearts Nurses, welders, lines they hold Truckers rolling through the night Farmers plowing hope in rows Electric crews and factory minds Janitors who make it glow [Pre-Chorus] Hear that echo down the street Hear that thank you in each beat We been down, we been low Still that freedom spirit grows [Chorus] Fourth of July gospel Lift it up, lift it up Fourth of July gospel Fill the glass, raise it up (come on now) Fourth of July gospel Let it ring, let it ring For the heroes in our story I still got a song to bring [Bridge] Fry that chicken slow Mac and cheese shining bright Pour that sweet tea cold Berry wine through the night I got ribs, I got slaw Cherry pies in a row With a heel-stomp shout For the hands that make us whole Soldiers standing in the sun Medics running into fire Line cooks, plumbers, teachers too All the sparks that lift us higher [Chorus] Fourth of July gospel Lift it up, lift it up Fourth of July gospel Fill the glass, raise it up (come on now) Fourth of July gospel Let it ring, let it ring For the heroes in our story I still got a song to bring [Outro] Pass it down Let it ring Fourth of July gospel I still got a song to sing
