Mid-Week Music #38 - Freelance Fireworks Hall of Fame

Well, here we are again at Independence Day! This time last year was the first time I put out a Mid-Week Music post. But this year’s will be a little different.

You may remember that we moved into a new house a little earlier in the year. It turns out that, on the Fourth of July, you can see fireworks from three or four different cities all at once. Everyone who came to the party gathered on our front porch to watch them all go off.

Unfortunately, no freelance fireworks went up from our house this year. But after the fireworks came the firepit, and time spent around it talking and singing and laughing. This was the first song played there. So I decided to choose this song.

Happy Fourth, y’all!

Bobby taught us by example
Not to look down a Roman candle
When you light it
He lost his right eye
But you know, he’s a better looking guy
Without it
 
And that jumbo bottle rocket
Don lit in his pocket
Would’ve flew if it weren’t for his beltloop
We were listening to Elvis
When he shattered his pelvis
But it was cool
Cause it blew
Right at the end of “Don’t Be Cruel”
 
This song is for
All our pyrotechnical heroes
What they lacked in discretion
They made up in combustion
The ones who lit the flame
And wound up dead, injured, or lame
We salute you
The fallen founding fathers of the Freelance Fireworks Hall of Fame
 
But the best has got to be
Bill’s ingenuity
With a man-sized rocket, duct tape, and a lawn chair
Well, he did good, I reckon
He rode a full eight seconds
Without spilling one drop of his beer
 
This song is for
All our pyrotechnical heroes
Risking mutilation
All for detonation
They ignited the firestorm
Now we fan the flame
And we salute you
The fallen founding fathers of the Freelance Fireworks Hall of Fame