Jimmy Buffett — The Night I Painted the Sky

[Verse 1] I came from the north, escaping convention Modern invention that won't let me be To the shores of St. Martin with my fiction addiction To restart the fire, a dreamer's remedy [Verse 2] Independence Day and all I remember Was a midnight rainbow that fell from the sky As I stand on the beach, I slowly surrender To the child in me that can't say goodbye [Chorus] The rockets in the air and the people everywhere Put away their differences for a while Oh I am still a child when it comes to something wild Oh that was the night I painted the sky [Verse 3] I dug in the sand like a boy on a mission And there in my hands, a pyro's delight Un bombadier, a night time magician I sparked the sky as the rockets fly from view [Chorus] The rockets in the air and the people everywhere Put away their differences for a while Yes, I am still a child when it comes to something wild Oh that was the night I painted the sky [Verse 4] Oh the mortars they roar in anticipation Proceeding the sigh of the uplifted eyes It showers us all in sulfuric sensation The colors shine and a fiery rhyme tonight [Chorus] The rockets in the air and the people everywhere Won't you put away your differences for a while I am but a child when it comes to something wild Oh that was the night, that was the night Oh that was the night I painted the sky Painted the sky Painted the sky